Fluttershy had been certain that with a little kind persuasion they would see reason. Then again... She didn't want to be here right now. Ponies who weren't attempting to kill her scared her. But as she looked to each set of eyes that surrounded her, she saw that no amount of kindness was going to get her out of this.

Then she smelled it. Five streets over, she smelled Twilight's blood, followed almost instantly by that of the crystal ponies. Three streets in the other direction she smelled even more.

It was getting unbearable. She had resisted these urges for so long after the incident... Yet now she couldn't help it. Her desires rose from the depths, beginning to reclaim her. She was terrified now, for now as her fangs began to extend, the ponies marched forward, weapons leveled and pointed at her.

"G-get back! I-i don't want to hurt you!" She warned as they continued their advance.

"You're just like that one we burned a thousand years ago! She couldn't hurt us, so neither can you!" The foremost pony cried.

"I... I can FEEL it! It's rising... I kept her hidden for so long... Please don't make me do this..." Fluttershy pleaded.

They began sprinting at her, intent to shove their pichforks and blades through her plain as Celestia's day.

Fluttershy's transformation picked up pace. Her wings left their usual feathery look and became almost leathery. Her ears shifted around on her skull, taking a more predatory position. The ears themselves changing shape, allowing her to hear even the faintest heartbeat.

Her element left her. In the wake of it's absence, thirst took over.

She was sinking her teeth into the first's neck by the time they had finished blinking. It tasted very similar to Pinkie's rock candy. Sweet, with just the right amount of sour.

"I smell her on you. Her fear. Her mane and tail... Her attempted kindness. You forsook her... She tried to help you ponies get closure, and you burned her alive! Those fires smell fresh on your coat!" Flutterbat cried out.

She flipped backwards over a blade as it thrust near her. With the grace of a gentle wind, but the force of a hurricane, she slammed the mare's head into the ground, causing it to burst open. As explosive as it had been, none of the brain had wound up on her hooves.

She danced around the next weapon that made it's way towards her. She sank her teeth into this pony's neck as well, easily fighting off whatever attempt they made at her unlife. Upon finishing her drink, she felt empowered. That's when she remembered the bloodbag. She wasted no time in drinking it. Time slowed around her, or rather, she sped up beyond it's usual hold.

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Hours Earlier...

Fluttershy stepped out of a building she had searched, an attempt to find the missing princesses. She hadn't found any indication as to where they could be. She sighed, wishing Discord could have lent some insight. Unfortunately for the element of kindness, he was on a peace mission in the land Tirek came from. He wouldn't be able to help her this time.

She trudged ahead, smelling the air for any signs of them. She had hoped her friends had missed it, but a couple of years back, when Twilight's spell hadn't worked properly, she had become a vampire. While Twilight had attempted to fix it, you just can't reanimate the dead with a reversal spell.

She searched high and low, seeking any sign of life, finding none. No faint hoofsteps, no quiet breathing, no calm heartbeats... That's when everything came up on her 'radar'. All the life seemed to surround her. She was surrounded by the crystal ponies, weapons at the ready.

"H-hello... I don't suppose i could ask you to ever so kindly put your eep sharp weapons away?"

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Present

She appeared behind a pony in half of a blink, if that. She sank her fangs in and finished in the remainder of a blink. She stepped behind another, causing a tiny sonic boom as she did. She flipped this one onto his back, stomping on his throat. She looked at her hooves and saw that her nails had sharpened. On command, she willed them to lengthen. She smiled as the next blade made it's way through molasses at her.

Nary a heartbeat later, she appeared behind the next victim. She buried her claws into her, ripping the mare apart. Flutterbat took a moment to lick the blood off of herself, not wanting to waste a drop. The sham of a battle lasted barely more than thirty seconds before she had killed her crowd. She inhaled through her nose and smelled the one thing she had hoped for. The sweet scent that lingered around Cadence. It was towards the edge of town, directly south of her and the girls. She made her way towards twilight to try to help her with any injuries she may have aquired.

As she made her way, she became Fluttershy again. Her thirst had been sated and she wasn't hungry anymore. Time began flowing as it should. Then the BOOMS went off. A side effect, she realized, of moving faster than the speed of sound. She smiled to herslef as one thing became more and more apparent to her.

She loved the lingering taste of blood on her tongue.

Author's Note

What's this? A weekly update? Yes. And I have a surprise for those of you reading this. When the story is finished, the last chapter will have in it's author's notes the list of songs that inspired this work. I hope you are enjoying this story so far. If you are, please feel free to like it, comment, or even add it to one of your libraries! Thanks for reading.