Star waited in the bedroom for what seemed like hours. Screeching of bats and whispers of voices could be heard beyond the wooden door. He realized that he’s never truly felt the cold and dark embrace of loneliness until that moment. The darkness in the room felt as though it were closing around him; preparing to pounce and drag him into the emptiness.

The knob slowly began to turn. The door swung open creating a small gust of cold wind. Bloodborne stood silhouetted in the doorway motioning to Star to follow him. They walked down multiple corridors until they reached a brightly lit cavern with an altar in the center. The altar was expertly crafted from the naturally occurring stone in the cave. Torches illuminated all sides and at the bottom were old looking pony bones. The entire coven were seated all around the altar like a stadium and chanting cryptic words in an oddly soothing monotone. Rosemary stood atop the altar in well kept hooded robes grinning. He made his way to the area where she had been waiting.

“Morningstar? What’s going on?” he stopped in his tracks, mortified at the sound of her voice. He slowly peered over to his left to see Rarity chained to a deteriorating stone column. Blood dripped down from the old rusty chains that clung tightly to her wrists.

“Hey we had a deal. My life for her safety.” Bloodborne walked towards her at a slow pace and stood next to her with a mischievous look on his face.

“Just a little bit of insurance; to make sure you don’t try to leave. She should also serve as a bit of motivation.” the smug tone in his voice was almost lost in the chantful humming of the onlooking vampires in the room. He then turned to Rarity, blood now dripping onto her exposed belly, and started eyeballing the blood as it ran down the length of her body. He stuck out his lacerated tongue and began licking it off of her cheek. “You’re sweeter than I expected.” he lowered his head to meet her blood covered stomach.

“I swear if you don’t leave her alone…”

“If you want me to stop then you should hurry up.” he looked Star in the eye as his tongue began slowly caressing her belly; fondling every drop of blood it lapped up. Her skin crawled with touch of his barbed, sandpaper like tongue. Her face began to redden as the wet appendage explored every inch of her underbelly.

Star turned towards the altar were Rosemary stood patiently waiting. When he got to the top of the altar; a wave stench hit him like a freight train. He stood on a large grate above what seemed like a pool of churning blood. Rosemary extended one hoof into the air and without warning, the rhythmic humming stopped.

“Coven!” she shouted. “Today we gather here to witness the coming of a new era, the fulfillment of a prophecy set forth many years ago, and the rise of a patriarch that will lead us to greatness once again. By bathing in the blood of our ancestors; he will be given our strengths and none our weaknesses. He will end the reign of the sun and the moon and rule over the ponies of equestria for all eternity.” she looked at Star. “Do you, Morningstar, agree uphold the traditions of the coven?”

“I do.” the words slid off his lips without hesitation.

“Do you, Morningstar, promise to love and respect your matriarch with all of your heart?” Star was surprised at the question. He looked over his shoulder at Rarity, who had been liked clean of blood, and smiled.

“I do” once again without hesitation. When he turned back to Rosemary, she planted a kiss on his lips. The kiss was romantically executed and dragged out. All of the on looking vampires in the room cheered for the entire length of the affectionate display.

“Morningstar no!” she cried. “Why are you doing this!?” she could feel the life she had envisioned for her and Star slipping away. Tears began welling in her eyes as she tried to fight free of her restraints. Star pulled away from Rosemary and turned to Rarity, who then used her magic to break the chains and gallop to his company. She wrapped her arms around him and buried her head into his chest. She could hear the rhythmic pounding of his heart with her ear pressed against his chest. “Morningstar, what’s going on? Who are these ponies?” Star gently pulled her head out of his chest.

“They’re vampires. They think i’m some sort of chosen one; destined to lead the coven back to greatness.”

“This is ludicrous Star. Why can’t we just fly home and forget about this?”

“Look around.” he said softly and patiently. “They outnumber us ten to one. They’ll overpower us in a matter of seconds and then kill us.”

“But why are you joining them? Why do you have to do this and not someone else?” she said frantically, tears still streaming down her eyes.

“Because if I don’t then they will kill you and everypony back in Ponyville.” he stopped and turned back towards Rosemary. “I can’t let that happen. So we compromised. My allegiance and leadership for your health and the safety of everypony in Ponyville.” he looked back at her with tears in his eyes. “We all make sacrifices for the ones we love. And what we sacrifice sometimes determines the amount of love we hold for that other pony.” he wiped his face free of tears. “Whether it be declining that big promotion at work to spend more time with your family, helping your grandpa with household chores instead hanging out with your friends, or giving your life to save another. This is my sacrifice. Giving my life to to save my friends and family.” Bloodborne and another vampire swept in and restrained Rarity, pulling her back and removing her from the grate. Two other vampires came up to Star and restrained his hooves, latching him onto the grate.

Rosemary removed herself from the metal platform leaving Star as the only one left standing in the center of the platform. She pointed her hoof at the sealing as the room fell silent. The room felt empty and lifeless, a pin could have been heard hitting the ground. Rosemary dropped her hoof and hit the ground with a loud boom that echoed throughout the quiet room and bounced off the walls, reverberating and shaking the grate beneath Stars feet. The grate began to lower into the pool. Rarity, once again, broke free of her restraints and ran up to the ledge of the pit.

“Morningstar! I LOVE YOU!” she screamed into the the pit.

“I know.”

His hooves entered the blood. Pain rushed through his body with a burning feeling that was equivalent to his skin melting off. Star let out a blood curdling scream that echoed off the pits walls. He continued screaming until the blood entered his mouth filling his stomach and lungs. The blood entered every orifice that could be considered an entrance, whether it was painless or painful. His screaming was silenced and the fell quiet once again.

Author's Note

sorry if you came here reading the rating and got a little mad at how much imagery i put into the Rarity scene. I started writing and got into the zone and by the time i noticed how....... well detailed and graphic. i hope still enjoyed it all the same.

also #star wars reference