To Love a Princess

By Jetflame

Chapter One: Let the Story Begin

My mother instilled in me at a young age, just what it means to be a good vampony.
One: never take blood when you can ask. Two: never eat more than you need to survive. Three: if you ever fall in love, tell them first that you’re a vampony. If they reciprocate your feelings, then tell me so that I can celebrate. Four: never turn a pony into a vampony except when the need is dire, there is no other way to save them, and only then with their permission.

These rules are sacrosanct and protect us from overzealous hunters and paladins. Those who break all these rules (except for three) are executed without mercy by my family, who are the rulers of the shinso vamponies. There are loopholes however, and extenuating circumstances taken into account. It is for this reason that Princess Celestia leaves us be. Should a crime be committed that isn’t one I listed before, then those vamponies are dealt with by Celestia and her court. Years ago, I had asked Celestia why she didn’t just end us all?

“I will not punish a whole species for the deeds of the few, to do so would be the height of hypocrisy. When I do not punish all my ponies for the crimes of one, to do so is wrong and our families have long since reached an accord. The only reason vamponies must remain hidden is because my little ponies would fear and ostracise them for something they cannot help.”

I wish we didn’t need to hide, I thought, trotting through the silent Ponyville streets, passing the odd drunken pony. A couple of mares trotted past, leaning into each other nuzzling. I frowned and sighed forlornly, I wish I had a marefriend of my own. I bet it’d great if I could just snuggle up with a special somepony, reading by the fire in my library. Another sigh escaped her lips. Who could ever love a monster though? Luna’s face briefly flashed inside her mind's eye before she shook her head to dislodge the rogue thought.

Celestia’s sister, Luna looked so cute after the elements cleansed her of the Nightmare’s taint, this is true and she had simulated what the mare would look like fully restored. But even if Luna had accepted her and returned her feelings. I get the distinct feeling that my mentor would hunt me down herself, if she found out I was harboring these thoughts about her recently returned sister. Whether out of a protective need reinforced by her failure to protect her before she was possessed by the nightmare or simply because she knew of my species. Sure she was okay with us existing, and okay teaching me but I believe that trying to court Luna would raise her ire as all or most older siblings are want to do when somepony dates a sibling.

Being a shinso is difficult enough when every vampony bows to you all the time, and you have to hide your species so ponies don’t try and insert something sharp in something vital on your person, being royalty I suppose I have to put up with it but I’d rather not also have to deal with having to avoid the solar Princess as well just because I couldn’t keep it in my metaphorical pants, Which reminds me I need to find out when the next heat is so I can lock myself away. Even I need to be careful when I enter Heat myself. As I may accidently kill any poor stallion who tries to mount me, on reflex of course. I thought as I walked.

The last time one of my friends heat had come early... She shuddered at the memory.

******

Flashback Begins

The girls and I were trotting through Ponyville market, hanging out and looking for a place to sit down and rest. While we talked, I noticed the sway of Rainbow Dash’s hips and her flagging tail. Frowning, I was about to tell her but froze as a scent wafted on the breeze. In the ensuing moments after I had caught whiff of her scent, I had reared up, surprising Rainbow Dash and the rest of our friends. My forehooves gripped onto the barrel of my brash pegasus friend, and Rainbow Dash squawked in surprise as she felt my weight on her back. Her eyes widened as she felt me against her most secret place, and squirmed to escape.

Our friends were quick to aid Rainbow Dash, however, they could not get me to budge. It was then that Rarity levitated a nearby barrel full of water over the pair of us and soaked us in ice cold water. As I came to my senses, I hadn’t noticed the looks on my friends’ faces as I tried to run away. My friends all jumped on me and struggled to restrain me.

I slumped down in defeat. Even if I could have escaped, it would have meant attacking my friends and I didn’t need that on my conscience. That I almost deflowered Rainbow Dash, was already enough to warrant them disowning me as a friend

“What the hay was that all about Twilight!? You were acting like a stallion during heat!” Applejack shouted at me.

I cringed, shifting my body to reveal what Rainbow Dash had felt, a large lavender cock turgidly erect, veins throbbing with the beat of my heart. It was easily half the length of my body. The rest of my friends froze as I whimpered still trying to avoid smelling Rainbow’s scent again.

There was a thump and I quickly spun around to see Rarity on the ground blood seeping from her nostrils, she had a blissed out expression on her face. Fluttershy had squeaked and hid behind Pinkie Pie and AJ fell to her haunches, jaw slacked.

“That there’s bigger ‘n Big Mac’s!” Despite the dubiousness of the compliment AJ had said, I beamed and puffed out my chest in pride. If I had wings, I’d be strutting around like a peacock trying to impress a peahen. My momentary distraction from the fact I had almost deflowered my friend had made me forget that a certain pegasus was now shivering in a ball on the ground next to me.

When I remembered my lapse in control, I began to cry as I deflated laying on the ground my head buried in my hooves as I begged Rainbow Dash to forgive me. The chromatic pegasus had gotten up still shaking as she was and tried to brush it off saying

“It’s okay Twilight, I know it’s hard to resist a pony as awesome as me.” But I still caught the unease in her eyes.

Even as I wished, no, I hoped that she could forgive me. As she watched me and I saw the tremor in her body and heard it in her voice through her false bravado, she hadn’t expected me to try and mount her let alone that she couldn’t escape my grasp. If it wasn’t for ice cold water, I doubted that the brash pegasus would have escaped pregnancy and becoming an unwed broodmare. If I hadn’t come to my senses, Rainbow would not have escaped the inevitable outcome of being mounted by me, for my affliction is not normal to my species. I have both Male and Female genitalia I am a hermaphrodite, meaning I can impregnate and become pregnant. It’s not easy to live with this.

The instinct is stronger with me then most mares and stallions for that matter because I know how it feels for a mare to be in heat; the need and urge to mate, to be bred, also to breed a mare in heat is stronger because of my dual gender. “If I were to be mounted I doubt I would be able to resist the need, feelings, or desire to be bred,” and that scares me. In some ways to know that I may lose control and allow myself to be bred by somepony I don’t love, provided they manage to mount me of course.

I don’t want to hurt my friends and I didn’t want to impregnate them, so I was grateful. After revealing ‘my affliction’ and explaining it to them, they said they would keep me informed at their monthly visits so this incident never repeated itself. Needless to say I was embarrassed at the lack of self control. I’m just glad Rainbow forgave me in the end.[i/]

******

While I was deep in thought about heat cycles, I had reached the edge of the Everfree. I continued my trek through the forest, my senses picking up all the hidden fauna in the bushes and brushes. I come here often to think and to enjoy the night. Most of the creatures just watched me warily, they had come to fear me or were cautious around me. It was to be expected of the prey animals that made the forest their home, anypony who could command the respect of the timberwolves and dire wolves was a formidable foe indeed. “Especially since I have dealt with a Dire Wolf pack in the woods when I first started coming here to think,” I smirked internally. I started to think back on my first solo trip into the Everfree, it was much like it was that night but different.

******

It’s such a beautiful night tonight, I thought, while keeping my senses up. I knew that there were timberwolves in this forest. I wasn’t necessarily looking for a fight, but I knew that it could happen. This forest is wild after all, so a fight isn’t out of the question. As I walked through the calm forest, I heard many of the fauna hide, unsure if I was a threat. This was expected of them and anticipated by me.

“Since I hunt there kind more than most of the others...”

I heard a low deep growl coming from in front of me and seemingly around me as well. Looking around I caught sight of at least a dozen Direwolves surrounding me. I dropped into a fighting stance: low to the ground, my fangs bared and growled a challenge to the wolves. Three wolves struck, trying to swipe at my flank. I bucked one of them hard in their chest while it was in mid pounce, sending it flying into a tree. With a sickening crack of the wolf’s back,I used the force of the buck to dodge the other two wolves’ lunges. Then quickly I went on the attack as more wolves joined the fight. I came to a realization that I must have somehow wandered into their den.

I kept dodging the wolves’ attacks left and right, growling loudly with fangs in full view. When they didn’t relent their assault, I pounced and pinned a wolf and bit its neck. With a quick shake, I broke the wolf’s neck as well as sating some of my thirst. After all I came to hunt while enjoying Luna’s night.

“Let me tell you: fighting without the use of magic is not easy. Even though I was trained in magical and non magical combat by my family, I don’t use magic in combat unless my opponent does. It would not be fair to them. Since I'm up against Wolves, I was just using my own strengths and abilities in the fight as well as my instincts.

I jumped off the now dead wolf, my muzzle covered in its blood. I signaled a challenge in a deep throated growl. A big wolf bigger than the ones I was dealing with stepped up, answering my challenging growl with his own.

Our eyes locked, fangs bared as we circled each other, gauging, calculating, and looking for weaknesses in each other. As we moved around each other, the first wolf to be injured by me tried to swipe at me. Not even looking away from my adversary, I lashed out, snapping the wolf’s neck putting it out of its misery.

My adversary let out a bark and lunged into an attack, which I dodged and I countered with a buck sending him flying. I gave chase as the wolf landed hard on it’s side letting out a pained whimper as it tried getting up with a little difficulty, favoring its left foreleg. It seems that when he landed he might of strained it.

Which would give me the upper hoof in the matter I growled again as the wolf whimpered as it put weight on its left paw limping away from me as I approached, Based on experience I was consciously aware that he would be more dangerous because he was injured.

Everypony knows that an animal is more dangerous when injured and backed into a corner. I growled and snorted out a hot breath through my nose while licking my lips of the wolf’s blood, never leaving eye contact my foe. He growled and lunged at me again, however I was ready for him. Using my quick reflexes and agility, I spun around and gave him a double buck to his left side catching him in his left foreleg and shoulder.

I heard a crack as my hoofs made contact then a yelp as the wolf hit a nearby tree. I turned around and with a leap, I landed, pinning him down. As he struggled to get up again, I growled right in his ear, snapping my jaws for emphasis.

He let out a whimper as he bared his neck to me in submission. I brushed my teeth against his neck and applied pressure, letting all the wolves know that I could easily end his life, if I so choose. The other wolves let out a howl and bowed before me. I stood up from my crouched position over the former alpha of the pack, letting the wolf lay there.

I snorted again looking down on the defeated wolf and spoke for the first time since the attack, “I am Princess Twilight Sparkle crowned Princess of the Shinso Royal family.” I saw dawning comprehension in the wolf’s eyes.

******

This night however, I had a different reason for coming to the forest. I intend to visit the castle of the two sisters. While I absently trotted through the difficult forest terrain, my ear twitched, responding to a sound new to the forest. I heard it again. It was a feminine voice, who shouted out at whatever was assailing her.

I grimaced before sprinting off in the direction of the voice. As I sped towards my destination, trees around me blurred, my mane and tail whipped back as my speed increased, covering the distance in seconds. When I arrived, I was shocked. I saw Princess Luna, still weakened, trying to fend off a pack of six direwolves and failing, the fear evident on her face. I stepped out into the clearing that played host to the scene in front of me, the sounds of my hooves. It drew Luna’s hope filled gaze on my moonlit form and horror dawned on her face.

I winced and felt a pain in my heart, I’d known ponies who’d feared me, but they had never hurt as much as Luna’s fear filled face. I walked through the wolves who bowed their heads and backed off. Luna stared on, shock clearly apparent on her face, as the wolves backed off. I lifted the depowered mare in my magic and laid Luna on my back, which caused Luna to cling to my neck, one of the direwolves attempted to nip at Luna.

I growled, baring my fangs at the wolf, who flinched away. For his actions, another wolf hit over the head and proceeded to, drag him away by the scruff of his neck. The wolf whom tried to attack Luna growled in what could be a close approximation of a grumble as his pack mate dragged him away. Shaking my head at the wolves as they left, I felt the legs around my neck relax as the sounds of snores filled the silent forest. She must have come down from the adrenaline. I charged my horn and disappeared from the forest and re-appeared on Celestia’s balcony.

Taking in my new surroundings I spotted the blue and silver trimmed tower and the wrought iron acting as railing for it’s balcony. I crouched, my muscles tensing and releasing like a coiled spring as I leapt over to Luna’s balcony. However, I did not notice Celestia peering out of her windows, nor the golden yellow of her horn lighting as she turned invisible and flashed to Luna’s room.

I took in the room. The walls were covered in bookcases filled with ancient tomes of magical knowledge and science. To the left of me was the door to Luna’s bathroom and to the right sat her four poster bed. The room had a night time theme throughout it; the ceiling painted in an exact replica of the night sky.

The floor was carpeted in royal purple, the walls in midnight blue, the bedspread had white pillows, the duvet was lavender almost like my coat. I felt blood rushing to my cheeks as I trotted over to the bed. With gentle care when manipulating a foal, I levitated Luna onto the bed and took a first aid kit out of my pocket dimension. All unicorns could create a pocket dimension for storing things for easy access. It was practically infinite and didn’t encumber the pony in question. I had invented the spell as I was inspired by the game, Ogres & Oubliettes and it’s inventory boosting item the saddlebag of infinite holding, when I had thought it would be useful spell to have.

When I had presented it the princess she wore a smirk on her face and declared that she would publish it for everyday ponies use and proceeds would go to me with a ten percent cut for solar diarch.

I began to clean and dress the cuts, scraps and other wounds the Lunar Princess had sustained, delicately as if Luna would break in my hooves. When I finished, I put the first aid kit back in my pocket dimension and sighed as I carefully pulled the covers over the Princess, whom snuggled into her bedding. My face cracked into a warm smile.

I looked around to make sure nopony was watching and gently stroked Luna’s mane and then placed a kiss on the Lunar Princess’ cheek, leaving behind a lavender lipstick mark on the slumbering mare. “Twilight Sparkle.” Luna mumbled and the blush that had just fled my cheeks returned in full force, at the yearning tone in the princess’ voice. I shook my head leaving Luna’s room and teleported back home.

******

As Twilight left, Celestia faded back into the room with a mischievous or some might even describe it as impish grin upon her royal features. “That was so adorable, I wish I had brought a camera. Although what were you doing out of Canterlot dear sister?” She whispered under her breath. Quietly the Princess of the Sun left her peacefully sleeping sister. Silently she passed through her sister’s door and returned to her room, the sun peaking over the horizon.

Celestia smiled to herself and charged her horn bringing forth the day and putting the night away. As she reached her room, a light tan coated, old unicorn stallion was pacing. His hazel eyes brimming with worry; his with bushy eyebrows raised as he no doubt worried about the whereabouts of his Princess. His grey moustache, mane and tail were neatly combed. His graying mane and tail was a constant puzzle for Celestia, whether it was from old age or stress Celestia couldn’t tell, he had a pocket watch as his cutie mark. He was wearing a red coat and a egg shell blue cravat, and in his magic, he held a scroll in front of tiny specs. Sighing to herself Celestia put on regal smile number Four and greeted him “Kibitz, my old friend, what has gotten your mane in a twist?”

Though Celestia had asked, she knew plenty well why he was upset. He jumped and turned to see the princess and trotted up to her with a stern look on his face. Kibitz was an old friend and he was her royal scheduler, but he was a pain in the flank sometimes, Raven, his apprentice was a much more tolerable pony.

“Princess Celestia where have you been? Sunrise was late and I couldn’t find you!” Kibitz complained as Celestia sighed internally not letting it reach her face.

“My student just visited with my injured sister on her back so I was quite preoccupied. Now no more of this worrying nonsense and let’s get breakfast.” Celestia said her voice cheery and energetic. Kibitz let out a long suffering sigh as he went about informing her majesty of her schedule.

“First is your breakfast …” Kibitz started but Celestia had started tuning out the old coot,

So what to do about my faithful student Twilight? This is simply too precious not to capitalise on it, perhaps I should lend her a hoof … nah! I’ll have some fun with the two of them. So it’s decided I shall talk to my sister when she wakes up! First ... Celestia was brought out of her revery by Kibitz, that old jerk.

“Princess have you been paying attention to anything I have said?” Kibitz said raising an eyebrow at Celestia. Celestia smiled serenely

“First is my breakfast, then I must meet with the treasurer about the taxes, then I have to meet my personal trainer for my exercise, after which I get a break to do with as I please, Then I have to open day court and I should be expecting the griffon delegates. Finally it’s lunch with my dearest little sister before I have to work on petitions in my room and finally I go to bed.” Celestia said her smile morphing into a smug smirk.

Kibitz stared at Celestia his right eye twitching involuntarily. Kibitz trotted off ranting about Celestia say “Why do you even need me!” And “If you knew all that why didn’t you say so!?”

Celestia smiled again before trotting after the ranting stallion.

******

I reappeared in my library home in Ponyville. As soon as my vision cleared, I started pacing about the main floor of the library. Oh! Why did I have to kiss her on the cheek? It seemed like a good idea at the time, but what if she sees the lipstick kiss mark on her face! She’ll know it was me and that I like her! Then she’s going to tell Princess Celestia, then she’s going to put me in a cage and then lock the cage in the dungeon and then send the dungeon to the moon, when she finds out I kissed her sister! Oh no what if Luna resents me when she finds out what I did while she was vulnerable …

“Twilight …”

But what if she likes me back, how would she take that I am a vampony? Oooh! I bet she’d be disgusted and hate me …

“Twilight …”

I wouldn’t blame her, I’m a horrible pony and a monster and she’s just so Princessy, I mean I know I’m a Princess but I don’t act like it. I …

“Twilight!”

“What Spike!” I shouted in response. Spike pointed to the groove in the floor causing Twilight to scowl.

“Great! Now I need to repair the floor again! Spike why didn’t you stop me?” Twilight whined, missing the facepalm the purple baby dragon was performing at her antics.

“I tried Twilight, it must be really bad news if you took twenty minutes to reply this time.” Spike replied as he waddled over to the kitchen to get Twilight’s food that was kept hot on the stove. Twilight’s bottom lip jutted out as she pouted. Spike waddled back over with a rice omelette with blood sauce. Twilight thanked Spike and dug into her food.

“So Twilight what’s got you all worked up? Miss a test from Celestia?” Spiked quipped.

“No!” I responded sharply as I leveled a glare at the cheeky reptile. “It was so much worse!” I whined as Spike sat down with his own food: crushed rubies.

“Then what was it?” Spike prompted as his curiosity quickly rose.

“I kissed Luna on the cheek …” Twilight answered lamely as her cheeks colored

“Alright! That’s great, Twilight, you finally made your move!” Spike cheered

“No! It’s not great Spike! I did it while she was sleeping and now she’s going to hate me, because I took advantage of her! And then she’s gonna tell Celestia who’s going to send me to the sun for defiling her little sister!” I whined as I threw up my hooves and continued to pout miserably.

“Oh please Twilight! You’re overreacting. I am sure she won't send you to the sun or wherever that overactive imagination is imagining right now. Besides, wouldn’t you loving Princess Luna be a good thing? I mean you’re the two most important ponies to Celestia, the fact that you love her sister, who originally only became Nightmare Moon because ponies didn’t love her?” Spike deadpanned

“That’s not the same kind of love, Spike! I have trespassed against both Princesses, I didn’t even ask Celestia if it was okay to court her sister, that’s grounds for war Spike I don-” Twilight’s rant was interrupted by Spike belching up a scroll with Celestia’s seal on it. In a panicked rush Twilight plucked the scroll out of the air with her magic before it could fall, broke the seal and read.

Dear Princess Twilight, My faithful student

It has come to my attention that you saved my sister, from her foolish decision to wander the Everfree at night and alone. For this, I wish to invite you to stay at the castle tomorrow so I can thank you personally, and Luna also wishes to speak with you as well as thank you.

H.R.H Princess Celestia of Equestria

I dropped the scroll, my face had gone pale and I squeaked out “Celestia knows‽”

Spike sighed and started cleaning up after the panicking vampony.

******

The sun had set and the moon had risen, when Luna awoke with a start and panting. She looked around and saw that she was back in her room and no longer in that accursed forest.

With a sigh she got out of bed, Mayhap’s it was all a dream. Luna snorted at herself.

Dreaming of the beautiful Twilight Sparkle rescuing me again and in such an improbable way. This infatuation has to stop! Why would she even want a monster, an evil pony like me? I tried to kill her and her friends as Nightmare Moon, I locked my sister away in her sun. I am not even beautiful like my older sister, who even with her fat flanks, still has romantic attention from ponies. Even other species know of her beauty. I am just the ugly, jealous sister. Twilight worships the very ground her teacher trots on, what possible chance could I have gaining her attention? With a melancholic sigh Luna travelled into her bathroom. She levitated her toothbrush in her magic and began to brush her teeth. Luna spit out the remnants of the toothpaste and checked her teeth for food particles as she moved her face to see at every angle in the mirror, she spotted a mark on her cheek. Frowning, she closed her mouth and turned to bring the mark in full view. It was a lipstick kiss mark, colored lavender. In shock and panicking, Luna raced out of her room and shouted, “Sister!”

Author's Note

This story is not edited it's been proofread and some errors have been corrected dearing proofreading as for editor i do not have one but am Looking anyone who would like to help Proofread or Edit this story Please Drop me a PM

Again Special thanks to Neokiva for Proofreading and concept