I was sitting in a dark cave. Placement, Canterlot Mountain. The cave was - as I said - dark. Not that it bothered me. My eyes work best in the dark. It was a small cave, if you could even call it that. Moss occupied the walls and some of the ceiling. The plant life in here was living on its own.

I was reading my writings for the third time today. Everything had to be perfect. I made small adjustments and adds here and there to make sure everything would be just that; perfect.

I had been working on this for too long. Five years, all of them devoted into this one project. It was my destiny. Technically I had only been working on these writings for about a year, but I didn’t waste any time the other four. Training my magical abilities takes time and patience, for which I have both. I feel ready to take down the most powerful unicorn in existence.

But that would be stupid and arrogant. I know when to draw the line. I know when it’s better to run away and think of something better. Never go into a battle you can’t win. That is the number one rule in a war.

Looking at the very start of the parchment, I saw what I need to do first. Truth be told, this one step was the reason for my post pone. ‘GATHER THE REST OF THE VAMPONIES, AND MAKE THEM FOLLOW ME. I WILL BE THEIR LEADER’. It sounded so easy, but I knew they wouldn’t make it easy for me. Even though I’m a vampony myself, they see me as an outcast. I was banned from my own home when I was still young. Once I showed up again they allowed me in, but hey never accepted me. Things were about to change.

I gave a quick glance at the final part of the parchment. ‘KILL PRINCESS CELESTIA’.

I made my way down the mountain’s side. I had made this path myself. My wings were long gone due to a... well that’s another story. Point is, I can’t fly anymore, so I made this pathway to make it easier getting into my “hideout”.

I was wearing some worn out saddlebags, where I kept all my parchments. I wanted to keep them close. Nopony can see these as long as I’m here to prevent them. Which reminds me...

I haven’t introduced myself. My name is Daylight, and I’m a vampony. I’m a powerful sorcerer, which is uncommon in my species. Normally we’re all for brute strength which I’ve trained as well. We vamponies have few weaknesses. No, the sun isn’t one of them. While any form of damage hurts us, the damage is not permanent. We heal quickly unless we’re struck by silver weaponry, or simply, wooden stakes. Burning us is another fetal and quick death but as far as I know, it’s very rare to die like that.

But I’m getting off topic here, let me talk about my appearance. My fur is dark gray, mane and tail sharing the colors black and red. Yeah, name doesn’t really suit me. My eyes are orange-like, and shaped like a bat’s. My ears... look just like a pony’s... again, another story. Usually the looks of them resemble the ones of a bat, just like my eyes.

Enough about myself. I continued down the pathway. The path was steep, making it hard to walk on if you wasn’t used to it. The sun shone down on the mountain’s rocky terrain. There wasn’t many trees up here, since this was at about two thousand meters above sea level. The oxygen was thin, making it harder to breath. Not that I needed oxygen, of course.

I sighed as I reached the bottom of the pathway. It was rather weird, to finally enact your master plan. If I remember correctly, they call it ‘butterflies in your stomach’. Never really had that before. It must be the feeling that this was really it. All the other years, it had just been preparations, and this was the real deal. The worst part? It could all go sideways right now. I had to be smart about this.

After walking some more, I was met by a huge metal door. It looked different than last time. It looked reinforced. Figures. I once went outside, which by the way is against our law. Back then it was a flimsy wooden door, easily opened with enough force. When I returned after my banishment, they had upgraded to a metal door, still rather flimsy though.

Now? It was a huge door made of metal, and if I should take a guess, it’s made of iron. It was at least the size of 10 normal sized ponies in its height. The width were about five meters long. The door had been bolted together by the looks of it, and due to the large bolts, I can only imagine this thing has at least a depth of 1 meter. This was a serious upgrade from the last design. Maybe it was Red who found it too weak and decided to go further.

Red... He is the bane of my existence. Always willing to start a fight, or just cause trouble, and the worst part about him? He is the son of our dear “leader”. I was happy to discover that Red - or Red Moon - hadn’t taken his father’s mantle just yet. His father was always respectful. Except when it comes to his son. He believes anything Red tells him. If I told him about how his son had hurt me without reason, he wouldn’t believe a word I said. That’s how... That’s how I got banished from my own home. Or well... that’s not entirely true. That one... is yet another story.

For the sake of my plan however, I would love it if Red was the new “leader”. If things go south, I will challenge him to a fight, winner gets to rule. It wouldn’t sit right with me, if I had to kill his father, Crescent Moon.

I tried to push the door open, but it didn’t move. Worth a try, I thought. Maybe a strong explosion? Walking away from the door, I speculated about which spell to use. The moment that door goes down, vamponies will know of my presence. As I got a safe distance between me and the door, I spun around, concentrating all my power to my horn. My dark red aura engulfed my horn, just before a powerful beam of magic got unleashed, hitting the door straight in the middle. I looked away, with closed eyes, shortly after hearing a huge explosion behind me.

I opened my eyes, turning my head back at he now disseminated door. A huge chunk of metal had landed to be right of my position. The small patches of grass were burning from the explosion.

I chuckled. I truly am the most powerful vampony alive, and nopony shall stand in my way. I made my way towards the great hole in the mountainside. Watch our Equestria. Daylight is coming for you.

Author's Note

Ooooo, a new character is introduced. Wonder how big of a role he will play throughout the story?