Blood Moon

Night had arrived in Ponyville and because of what had happened the prior night, most of the ponies were staying indoors hoping that they would not become the next victim of a vampony. The guards that Celestia had sent down there were walking around with their horns lit up, ready to strike in the event that either Twilight or Fluttershy were to try to attack them, or anypony else.

In her castle Twilight finally came out of the room she had been hiding in all day but with a different appearance. Like Fluttershy, she now bore fangs, her ears resembled those of a bat, she had bat wings and like with Fluttershy, her cutie mark had changed to to fit her new form. She headed up to her balcony to see if any prey was out and about. She saw several unicorn guards with their horns glowing and she was not amused. What angered her the most though was that a few were right at the base of her castle.

Twilight was not the only pony out on the prowl as Fluttershy was again hiding in the leaves atop her cottage. She too saw the guards and knew to avoid them but on the far end of town, further away from the guards, she saw two figures. The figures she saw were smaller than an average pony so she figured they must be either fillies or colts. She licked her chops and took flight, hoping to feast on not just one, but two ponies.

On the far end of town Snips and Snails were out looking for the vampony they had heard about. Despite being warned by everypony, including their parents, they decided to sneak out and see if they could see the vampony anyway.

Snips asked, "Hey Snails, what are we going to do if we was to get attacked by the vampony?"

Snails replied, "I'm trying not to think about it. If I don't think about it nothing will happen."

Snails excitedly said, "Oh yeah! If we don't think about it, we'll be fine!"

As the two were walking along rather carefree, they saw a shadow pass over them. Snips asked, "Hey Snails, did you see that?"

Snails replied, "Yeah but I'm not going to worry about it."

They saw the shadow again and heard something.

*HISS!*

The two looked up in horror to see Fluttershy, but as a vampony. Both colts screamed in horror and began to run back towards town, towards the guards but they could not outrun the hungry vampony.

Given that he was a bit more chubby and shorter, Snips could not run as fast and was quickly slammed to the ground. He heard another hiss before having his head slammed into the ground and being bitten. He was screaming, "Help! Help me Snails, help!"

Despite having got back to the edge of town, Snails rushed back to help his friend, determined to save his life. When he arrived Snips was still crying in agony, albeit more quietly. Snails jumped on top of her and began trying to pull her off of his dying friend but Fluttershy was far too strong for him as she easily threw him off of her.

As she continued to drain the blood from Snips, Snails' screams alerted one of the guards who immediately came rushing to the scene. When he arrived he found Snails crying in agony and saw a figure crouched over another colt. He lit up his horn and fired some energy towards Fluttershy but given her enhanced senses, she took to the sky before his energy could strike her.

She took to the sky and saw Snails and the guard down there, wondering which one to attack next given that she was still hungry. Suddenly an idea crossed her mind. She knew the guard posed a threat to her and was larger so she would act like she was going after Snails and hope that the guard would strike him, which would then give her the opportunity to feast on the guard.

She swooped down and knocked Snails to the ground, hissing and bearing her fangs. The guard lit up his horn, pointed it at her and readied to fire. As he fired, Fluttershy pulled Snails up and it wound up being Snails the guard struck, just as Fluttershy predicted. She then took to the sky as the guard headed to Snails to make sure he was ok.

The guard knelt over Snails who was badly burned by his energy. Snails was moaning in pain and all the guard could do was comfort him until he heard something.

*HISS!*

As Fluttershy again bore her fangs and swooped down, Snails yelled, "Look out!"

It was too late though as Fluttershy pounced on the guard and slammed his head into the ground, making him a bit woozy. Holding him down she sank her fangs into his neck and began to feed. Like he did with Snips, Snails jumped on Fluttershy and tried to rip her off the guard but again he was no match for the vampony as she easily kicked him off of her.

The guard's final screams did attract the rest of the guard and they came rushing towards him. Fluttershy saw them and began to take to the sky, carrying her victim with her. They began to fire at Fluttershy and one of them scored a hit on the guard while Fluttershy sped off back into the forest. The rest of the guard surrounded him but discovered that it was too late. Fluttershy had drank enough of his blood that he no longer drew breath. All they could do at this point was console a devastated Snails, provide one another comfort over the loss of their fellow guard and stay alert in the event Fluttershy was to return.