Author's Note

This chapter is a little short, so I will try to give you guys a lengthy chapter next time. Enjoy.

Monsters

Chapter 7: Monsters

Roseluck galloped up the spiral staircase, nearly going mad with fear. She clamped down on the holy and sacred relic while she tries to not die a painful death.

She needed to get to the altar in the Bloody Chapel. The very same place were Lord Whitehoof was murdered. If she could get there in time and perform the ancient rite, Equestria will be freed from the curse and things will go back to the way they were.

Roseluck found the top of the stairs and rammed herself through the door, snapping the door off its hinges and slamming herself into the wall. She got up and continued to gallop, with a nasty cut on the side of her head from slamming into the wall. She bursted through another door, and was now in the manor courtyard. She galloped at the double doors, and found them to be locked.

Panicking, Roseluck tried to pry the handle and lock off the old doors, but to no avail. She drew Rosebane and used it as a crowbar, wedging it between the lock and door, and giving it a pull.

“Roseluck.”

Roseluck stopped, and slowly turned around. She could see a very familiar pair of glowing reddish-gold eyes in the fog that permeates all over the manor and the courtyard.

The monster has found her.

Roseluck was now hacking at the door with her sword, screaming for help as Fluttershy approached her, licking her lips greedily. Behind her was Ashen, completely under Fluttershy’s spell, and is practically a walking corpse with no free will.

This was it. Time has run out for Roseluck, and she knew it. Death was literally ten hoofsteps behind her, and Roseluck knew that she couldn't contend with a vampire as powerful as Fluttershy.

Roseluck collapsed into a sobbing heap, too terrified to even look up.

Then, by some miracle, a pair of white hooves opened the double doors and grabbed Roseluck by the mane and pulled her through the doorway. The doors were slammed shut and magically sealed before Fluttershy could react fast enough.

Fluttershy shrieked in rage and spread her wings. She shot towards the moon-filled sky and commanded Ashen to find a way in.

(*-*)

“You're safe now.”

Roseluck opened her eyes to see something she would never have expected to see in this area.

“P-princess Twilight?”

Twilight smiled and said, “its me.”

Roseluck looked behind Twilight to see the rest of the Mane Six. Her eyes widened and she leaped with joy. “We’re saved! Thank Celestia and the Primordial Light, I thought I was a goner.”

“Um, Roseluck,” Twilight said, “what were you screaming about out there? And have you seen Fluttershy?”

Roseluck’s eyes reverted to eyes of terror. “I have seen her…”

“Dearest, may you tell us about her,” Rarity asked, “we all have been worried sick.”

Roseluck swallowed hard and said, “no time, we need to get to the Bloody Chapel before… the monster finds us.”

Twilight raised an eyebrow and said, “what monster?”

Roseluck shook her head, as if she were to speak the monster’s name, it would invoke a curse.

Applejack took a step forward, and eyed Roseluck. She frowned and narrowed her eyes. “Your keepin’ something from us, aren’t you.”

Roseluck took a defensive step back, and said nothing.

“Give up, Roseluck,” Applejack said, “Honesty can see through ah lot of things.”

Roseluck hung her head and sighed. “Fine, you caught me. I was hoping to spare you all from the truth.” She turned towards the sealed double doors and said, “the Fluttershy you knew is gone.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Rainbow Dash said. “You telling us that Fluttershy is gone, as in… gone gone?”

“No.” Roseluck stated. “She has become a slave to her vampiric desires. She is the monster. She is the one that’s gonna drink us dry and laugh while doing it.”

Rarity’s eyes began to water as she said, “no… not another one.”

“Listen, all of you,” Roseluck said. “We need to get to the Bloody Chapel. That is where it all began, and that’s where it will end. I got the relic, so all we need to do is release the angel within the nail to end this nightmare.”

Twilight looked at her friends and then back at Roseluck.

“Are you certain that this is the way?” She asked.

Roseluck nodded, “this is our only chance.”

“What about Fluttershy?” cried Rainbow Dash . “We just can't give up on her!”.

“Open your eyes, Rainbow!” Roseluck shouted. “She is beyond saving! All that is left of her is that monster! That thing that dares to call itself by her name is her! Get it?!”

Rainbow was stunned by the Roseluck’s sudden outburst. In fact, they all were.

Roseluck shook her head and said, “we need to get to the top floor of this manor. That is where the Bloody Chapel is. That single chapel is responsible for all that has happened. If we destroy the root, the weed will die.”

Nothing was said, only solemn silence greeted them. They hung their heads, and silently weeped for their lost friend. Applejack trotted over to Roseluck’s side, and nodded in agreement.

Just then, the temperature in the room dropped, and the double doors began to violently shake.

Then the magical barrier flickered-and shattered. The doors were flung open.

Ashen trotted in, his eyes glowing a reddish-gold, and demonic bat wings rested in his back.

Roseluck turned to the rest of the Mane Six and yelled one word:

“Run!”

Ashen gnashed his teeth, revealing fangs. He lunged at the Mane Six, transforming into shadow, but was blasted back by Twilight’s magic. He screeched and retreated before the rays of light.

Twilight smirked as she said, “nice try, foul creature. Did you honestly think that something like you could take on the element of magic?”

Then, a voice whispered something in Twilight’s ear.

“Did you really think it would be that easy?”

Twilight froze as she felt cold breath glaze over her throat. She knew immediately whose voice it was.

And realized that she fell for a trap.

“Oh Celestia… say it isn't so.”

Fluttershy clamped down on Twilight’s neck, causing blood to spray as she tore at Twilight’s jugular.

While the rest of the Mane Six were frozen by the sheer horror of Fluttershy, Ashen reformed behind Pinkie Pie and bit down on Pinkie’s hind leg. Pinkie scrambled and flopped to the ground as Ashen twisted her leg. He then pulled Pinkie into the shadows, while Pinkie screamed bloody murder, clawing at the floor and was dragged to her bloody death, and it all happened within a second.

Fluttershy threw Twilight’s corpse to the ground and turned to face the other two remaining Mane Six members, her unnaturally wide grin dripping with ropes of crimson.

“This is for abandoning me.”

Rainbow Dash readied herself to fight, with Rarity still frozen with shock.

Ashen appeared behind Rainbow, and launched himself at her, while Fluttershy did the same in the front. Rainbow flew straight at Fluttershy, tackling the monster. The two flew around the ballroom in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Ashen turned his attention to Rarity and began to walk towards her, his eyes giving off waves of evil intent. Applejack was about to rush to Rarity’s aid, when Roseluck knocked her out with a blow to the head, just as Fluttershy swarmed the best flier in all of Equestria with bats that acted like a blender, tearing Rainbow apart in the air and redecorating the walls with her blood.

Rarity was quickly overtaken by Ashen, and received a bite that broke her neck. Ashen leisurely consumed her, patiently waiting for his master to finish Rainbow Dash.

Roseluck grabbed Applejack and put her on her back, and galloped up the stairs while the two vampires were distracted by their grisly deeds, desperately fleeing from the horror show.

She heard the death scream of Rainbow Dash, right before the vampiric bats spilled her innards.