Author's Note

A fair amount of this chapter will match the original but everything past the divider line will be the altered part.

A Bloody Night (Alternate Version)

After discussing their plans on how they would handle Fluttershy and Twilight, Luna, Pinkie and Applejack headed outside and went over by Twilight's castle, hoping that one, if not both of them would be present. After an hour of waiting, they had yet to see anything and this was very frustrating for them. Applejack asked, "Y'all don't think they know something is up and are avoiding us do you?"

Luna replied, "They could be. According to the legends, vamponies can sense when they are being pursued and will stay away if they sense it."

Pinkie asked, "Even Alicorn vamponies?"

Luna sighed, "The books in the library mention nothing of......" They saw a shadow pass overhead causing Luna to continue, "What was that?"

Applejack replied, "I think it was either Fluttershy or Twilight."

Luna said, "Well let's get ready then. Luna lit her horn up in the event she needed to cast a protection spell around herself for fire at one of them."

They saw the shadow overhead and saw Twilight. She bore her fangs and let out a hiss. She lit up her horn and fired at Luna, scoring a hit. The energy knocked Luna backwards but she would be quick to recover. She cast a protection spell around herself so Twilight decided she would go after Pinkie first.

She bolted towards Pinkie, pounced on her and immediately sank her fangs into her neck. Pinkie was screaming in agony but Applejack was not about to allow her friend to die. She jumped on Twilight and managed to rip her off of her. This infuriated Twilight. Her eyes began to shine a dark pink and she fired a bolt of energy at Applejack but all it did was knock her backwards. Twilight pounced on her, put a protection bubble around them and began to feed.

Despite Twilight beginning to drain her of her blood, Applejack was able to kick Twilight off of her but given that they were in a protection bubble, there would not be much room for her to maneuver. One thing that did help Applejack though was that since Twilight cast the protection bubble, she could not fire bolts of energy at her so this fight became purely physical.

At first, despite not being at full strength, Applejack was getting the best of Twilight. She was kicking her and easily avoiding any further bites. Eventually though Twilight would pounce on Applejack and as her friends watched in horror, Twilight would again begin to feed. This caused Luna to charge forward, ram her horn into the bubble and fire a bolt of energy to break it like she did when Twilight was feeding on Celestia and like with last time, while it did shatter the bubble, it also sent her, Twilight and Applejack flying.

Luna was the first to get up and rushed over to check on Applejack but it was too late as the loss of blood and injuries from hitting the ground so hard caused her to pass. Twilight soon got up and saw that all she had left was Luna and Pinkie. Luna saw her flying in and began to fire energy at her but missed each time. Twilight again cast a protection bubble spell and landed right over a much weaker Pinkie and began to feed again. She knew that she had better hurry and finish her off as Luna would again ram her horn into that bubble and break it.

Twilight saw Luna coming out of the corner of her eye and intensified the power of her spell but again Luna would be able to break it. The explosion of the bubble breaking sent them flying but Luna was able to get her bearings straight before hitting the ground and flew towards Twilight. Her eyes were shining white as she yelled, "You have killed many Twilight but you will not kill Pinkie!"

*HISS*

Twilight hissed and decided that since Pinkie likely would not last much longer, she would take to the sky and went after Luna. Once they met, rather than casting protection bubbles around one another, they began a physical fight. This would be difficult for Luna as she did not want to be bit but her adrenaline was flowing and she was the first to strike as she kicked Twilight out of the sky.

Luna swooped down and kicked Twilight in the head, causing her to lay there a bit woozy. Luna landed in front of Twilight and sternly said, "Your tyranny is over Twilight Sparkle. You have caused much suffering but tonight I shall put an end to that."

She grabbed Twilight in her aura and slammed her against the base of her castle. While Luna was getting the best of Twilight, another shadow flew by and a figure landed over by Pinkie. The figure began to sniff her seeing if there was still life in her.

When Pinkie looked up she saw it was Fluttershy. She pleaded, "Please Fluttershy, please don't kill me." She pointed her hoof over towards Twilight and continued, "It is Twilight, she is the one who is responsible for all of this."

Fluttershy paid no attention to her though as she had yet to feed and was hungry. She bore her fangs and sank them into Pinkie, draining what little blood remained in her. This would not go unnoticed though. Despite not having her bearings straight, Twilight saw this and took off skywards as she was not happy that somepony else would steal her meal.

She bore her fangs, hissed and sped town to take care of the pony who was feeding on her prey. Fluttershy could sense this though and she took off right before Twilight could pounce on her, causing Twilight to smash head first into Pinkie. She began sniffing her prey and would not be pleased when she detected no life coming from her. She bore her fangs and took off skyward, determined to take out the vampony who dared to finish her meal.

Luna watched in shock as the two vamponies began to fight in the sky as she did not think that one vampony would attack another. While she wanted to save Fluttershy and restore her to normal, she knew that both would have to be knocked out of the sky so she shot energy at them. Much to her dismay, both were very agile and she could not score a hit.

Both vamponies were flying around, trying to find any weakness in the other. Twilight was bound and determined to wipe out the one who finished her meal and Fluttershy was not about to fall prey to the Alicorn that sought her destruction.

Luna continued to fire bolts of energy at both vamponies but continued to miss them and this frustrated her greatly. She continued to watch them circling one another and then realized that if one knocked the other out of the sky and began to feed, that perhaps she could save both of them. When she saw what happened next she knew that she could test whether or not her plan would work.

Twilight lit her horn and readied to grab Fluttershy in her aura but her foe would be quick, very quick. Fluttershy charged at her head first and scored a direct hit in the chest. Twilight fell from the sky and when she saw this, Fluttershy would be quick to prevent her foe from wiping her out. She swooped down, landed on Twilight and began slamming her head into the ground, hoping to injure her enough that she wouldn't cause too many problems.

Once Fluttershy had slammed Twilight's head into the ground ten times, she quickly sank her fangs into Twilight's neck and began to feed. Luna knew that her time to act was coming soon, she knew that Fluttershy would be much easier to scare off and that she could not break any protection bubble. As Twilight's growls and hisses grew weaker, Luna knew the time to act had come. She sped towards Fluttershy and began firing bolts of energy at her and quickly scared her into the forest.

When Luna landed next to Twilight she immediately put a protection shield around them. She turned Twilight on her back and noticed that she was very weak. She wasn't nearing death yet but would if she didn't get medical attention soon but first the vampony would have to be removed from her. Luna got Twilight's attention and began to stare at her intently. Luna tried to go into the necessary trance but she just couldn't, she couldn't get her stare to be strong enough. It was at that moment that she would have to take a huge risk, she would have to lower the protection shield.

Luna lowered the protection shield and could only hope that Fluttershy would not return before she removed the vampony from Twilight. She again got Twilight's attention and began to stare intently, to the point where her eyes were shining a bright white and Twilight's eyes were froze open and locked onto hers.

Luna began to glow as the spell was working. She knew that at any moment Fluttershy could return and attack her but couldn't let that distract her, she knew that all her focus had to be on freeing Twilight. After thirty seconds of intense staring, a black bolt of energy fired out of Twilight's horn and she returned to normal. Once she had returned to normal Luna stopped her stare and hoped that it had worked.

Twilight shook her head and looked up at Luna. She weakly asked, "Princess Luna, is that you?"

Luna took a closer look and by the sound of her voice, she could tell that Twilight had been restored to her former self. She replied, "Yes it is me but....."

*HISS*

Luna looked up to see Fluttershy bearing her fangs. What would happen next would not only shock her but scare her. Fluttershy hissed, "Surrender her and I might let you live!"

Given that none of the vamponies had spoken before, it scared her that suddenly Fluttershy could. Luna truly wanted to try and remove the vampony from Fluttershy right there but knew that her first priority had to be getting Twilight to the hospital. She picked her up and began to speed towards the hospital but would be followed by Fluttershy.

Despite flying as fast as she could, Fluttershy had caught up with her and began swooping down trying to stop Luna from getting Twilight to safety. She continued to fly faster but Fluttershy continued to outpace her and right as she reached the hospital, Fluttershy swooped down and blocked the entrance. She gave Luna a scowl and hissed, "Surrender her or I'll kill both of you!"

Luna lit up her horn and yelled, "Never, you bit her once but you shall not bite her again!"

Fluttershy laughed, "Don't worry, this bite won't turn her into a vampony again." Her laugh became more manic as she continued, "This bite will kill her and unless you want to be my next meal, you'll surrender her!"

Luna flared up her horn and struck Fluttershy with energy, causing her to fly off but only long enough for Luna to get Twilight into the hospital. When Luna got her into the ER she yelled, "Help, somepony help! Twilight is suffering from blood loss, somepony help!"

Dr. Hooves and a couple of nurses immediately took her back and immediately began treatment on her. When it was obvious that she had lost a large amount of blood, Hooves ordered that she be given a sufficient amount of poly-HEME to restore sufficient blood flow to prevent organ damage and prevent her from dying.

The night had been terrifying for everypony and while Luna sat out in the waiting room, she could only hope that Twilight would wind up surviving but knew one thing. She knew that regardless of what happened to Twilight, that Fluttershy would have to be dealt with and hopefully she could remove the vampony from her before she killed anypony else.