A new type of vampire

Watchman wakes up by being splashed by water, holy water, and he screams in pain.

“To get you to talk, we will feed you, you hear?” a voice says and something slides across the floor in a basket. He hears whimpering inside, and he moves the blanket that was covering it. Inside is a filly, not even that old, in the basket. She looks up at Watchman, and screams. The stallion’s eyes are glowing red because it is night time. The filly runs to the other side of the cave, and sits there crying, trying to comfort herself. Watchman just sits, watching the filly. He finally gives up and lays down. He doesn’t sleep, he just lays down and looks at the filly. She begins to hum a song Watchman recognizes, and he hums along softly to himself

“I am not going to hurt you.” Watchman says, “I am not like that.”

The filly looks at him, “I-I'm still s-scared,” the filly replies. Watchman walks slowly to the filly, and she starts to back up, but Watchman repeats,

“I am not going to hurt you.” he sits next to her.

“Why are you here?” the filly asks.

“Because I’m different,” Watchman replies. Just then, the door opens, and three guards see the filly still alive and pull out a sword. Watchman jumps in front of her and hisses, baring his teeth. Frightened, the guard backs off, but a rainbow maned pegasus walks in front of that guard and throws holy water at Watchman, and he barely flinches.

“Who are you?” she asks.

“I’m your worst fucking nightmare” Watchman says.

“Oh, yeah, sure.” the pegasus says.

Watchman launches at the mare and slams her into the wall, biting her neck only  to draw blood. He backs up, licking the blood off his lips,

“You taste horrid!” he scowls and cackles.

The pegasus leaves, as do the other guards, but the filly was is in the corner whimpering again.

“I didn’t do anything to her. I just bit her only because she was trying to hurt you.” watchman says sympathetically. The filly steps forward and smoke swirls around her, she turns into Octavia.

“Surprise.” she says.

Watchman just stares, confused, “How?” Watchman asked.

Octavia points to the corner, the filly still there, but asleep. Watchman picks up the filly, and puts her on his back.

“Let’s go.” he says and busts through the door. Guards pile in as soon as they see the vampire. They let them past with terrified faces. When the rainbow maned pegasus came in, Watchman clocks her in the jaw as he runs past.

“We got a ride?” Watchman asks Octavia. At this, Octavia jumps out of a window and returns with an odd device. She pushes a button and a cluster of bats carry them to a snowy mountain ledge, and they sit.

Watchman feels the filly shiver, “Do you have a blanket?” he asks.

“Yeah, here.” Octavia replies and hands him a small blanket that he wraps the filly in. She wakes to see him,

“What happened? I remember you jumping in front of me, and then I can’t remember anything.” the filly says.

“Hush, child. You are alright now, and that is all that matters.” Watchman replies, and hugs the blanketed filly to his chest. He hopes it will warm the filly a little bit more, he then feels something warm on him.

“Here, put this on her.” Octavia says and gives him a necklace.

“What is it?” Watchman asks.

“It is a heat amulet. I enchant them.” Octavia says.Watchman smiles in  appreciation and puts the amulet around the filly’s neck.

“What is your name?” the filly asks.

“Watchman. What's your’s?” Watchman asks.

“Gabriel. Daddy told me that's what Mommy wanted to name me.” Gabriel says.

“Octavia, where are the others?” Watchman asks Octavia.

“Everyone escaped except you and…” Octavia replies.

“Who, Octavia? Who?” Watchman asked.

“scripture. They killed scripture.” Octavia says sadly, “They burned her inside the house.”

Watchman feels sorry for the mare he didn’t get to know. Then watchman notices the filly start to breath heavily, and realises she is looking at Octavia, Octavia’s eyes red.

“It’s ok, Gabriel. This is Octavia, and she won’t hurt you, I promise.” Watchman says. Gabriel looks at him, unsure of it.

“Can I sit on your back?” Gabriel asks Octavia. The mare is surprised, but obliges. The filly climbs onto Octavia’s back.

“RAAAAAAH!!!” a female voice yells, and Watchman catches glimpses of rainbow colors. He jumps and kicks the pegasus into a rock, and puts her blade to her throat.

“Why don’t I kill you so I don’t have to deal with you anymore?” Watchman asks the mare. The pegasus her eye’s empty just stares into his eyes, then starts to struggle to kill him Like a rabid animal. she cuts her own throat on the blade and dies in seconds. Watchman just stares, horrified.

“Don’t let Gabriel look!” he says, and examines the body. Everything is normal, except where he bit her was black and infected. He then picks up the body and buries her.

“She may have been evil, but she doesn’t deserve to sit out here and rot.” he says. The three ponies walk into the nearest town, the townponies staring at them in horror. Watchman remembered their eyes glow red around regular ponies, but as they walked on. Ponies started to throw things like rocks, food, and wood. Then, a rock hits Gabriel in the head.

Watchman stops dead in his tracks, turns to the crowd of ponies, and yells “WHO THREW THAT!?!”

A colt from within the crowd raises his hoof, terrified.

“Step forward now!!!!” Watchman screams.

The colt steps forward, and Watchman disappears from where he was, and reappears in front of the colt. Watchman grabs the colt by the ear and walks him to the filly.

“Tell her you're sorry! Tell her, now!” Watchman snarls.

“I-I’m sorry.” the colt squeaks in pain and fear.

“Good boy. Now tell the town they are lucky it was a kid who hit this filly. Otherwise, they would have had one less resident. Besides, she isn’t a vampire!” Watchman says.

“Wait, what?” the colt asks, “Are you going to kill her?”

“No. I am bringing her to her home, if she has one.” Watchman looks at the filly with a face of pain, then looks back to the colt.

“Please tell them we mean them no harm.” Watchman says, “Now pop off!!!”

The colt runs to the crowd and says something. Some look with confusion, some with hope, and others with doubt, but no one does anything. The trio continue on their path.

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They are back in Watchman’s apartment, it is burned to the ground, in the rubble He finds a key scripture always kept around her neck, and puts it around his neck. With that, they begin to leave the apartment, but as they do so, they bump directly into Vinyl.

“Oof!” Vinyl exclaims, falling on her bottom.

“VINYL!!” Watchman yells and throws his forelegs around her. hot head walks in behind her and gasps when she sees Watchman.

“We thought you were dead!” Vinyl says.

“Well, I’m not.” Watchman says.

“You should be!!!!” Vinyl yells, “They were suppose to kill you!”

“What?” Watchman asks, heartbroken.

“I gave them our location so they would kill you.” Vinyl says bluntly. Watchman is falling through black, he doesn’t understand.

“Why would you do that!?!” Watchman yells, furious.

“Because you weren’t suppose to exist!!!” Vinyl yells at him.

“You son of a BI-” Watchman feels something prick him in the neck, and pulls out a small dart.

“A tranquiliser? What the fu-u-u-u…” watchman says drowsily and drops to the floor.