I Don't Bite...by 2 Liter LeoChapters1 Prologue2 Storytelling3 Hero? Nope4 Waking up; Questions5 Lessons...6 The Interrogation7 A Race We Will Have8 Home Intruder9 Change of Heart...1 PrologueAuthor's Note This story will have blood in it! You have had two warnings now! One more ignored one will result in proof of literacy tests for those who are willing to take it. I did not want to put Vinyl in but, she kinda forced me(HELP! She is literally holding me at fang point to write). This chapter is short because it is a prologue. These are vamponies! not thestrals, they will also be in this story they are not the same! 1 Prologue A unicorn stopped the hulking brown shape on top of me from dealing the finishing blow to my bloodied and battered body. The unicorn had seen that my wounds were too severe and asked me, “Do you wish to continue living, but you will have new problems and new joys?” her voice was so angelic to my numbing ears. “Y-yes,” that was all she needed to hear before she plunged her fangs into the side of my throat and began to drain the life out of me. My final words had been consent, what in Equestria have I gotten myself into? Waking up as a vampony is one thing, waking up in your own house as a vampony is another, waking up in your own house as a vampony with the one that changed you staring at you as you flail about is a whole different thing. Once I had stopped trying to run from my entangled bedding she spoke, "Finally awake huh?" "How long was I out?" was the reply of a very scared green former pegasus with now red eyes. "Half the day, pretty short for how much blood you lost.," She said glancing at the window, "Now I have to tell you some things, so listen up I am only saying these things once! You hear!" For the next day and night, she lectured me about how to be a vampony. “First,” She began in an authoritative tone,”You will act a little more childish than normal...” She noticed me faking being asleep’”You know…. letting you die would have made my life easier.” She grumbled to herself from behind a very recent facehoof. During that night and the following day, Vinyl taught me everything about what I now was, a vampony, and what that entailed. One of the things I learned from Vinyl is I can still eat normal pony food but, I do require a constant supply of blood. To solve my need for blood (which I will not take by force, one bite and the victim of such bite will become a vampony there is no if)I made two friends, an earthpony and a unicorn. My friends are on a routine, they come to my house every other week (earthpony one-week unicorn the next) during their visit they drain some of their own blood and store it in vials (that have preservation enchantments on them) for me to drink from later. I live among the ponies of Ponyville with almost no problems, I have even made friends with Twilight, I think she made friends with me just so she can experiment on me. This is an amazing setup, nothing could possibly ruin this. Did I just jinx it? Darn!. 2 StorytellingSomething has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.3 Hero? NopeI was hiding in the one place I blend in, somepony’s rose bush. My dark green coat at night was the same color as the leaves around it, now if only my mane and tail weren’t dark grey I would have an easier time hiding. The rose bush I was in had a great view of the path towards the farm and plus, it hid my scent from any creatures that would be interested in finding me. Vinyl was somewhere nearby using some sort of illusion spell to hide her white coat under a very gray, similar to her roommate’s. A howl, then the scrambling of wooden claws on hard-packed earth of the path leading from the farm. From where I lay hidden I could see the timberwolves coming and the vampony behind the pack of monsters. From two houses down, I hear a pony open the door of their house and call out, “Stop that racket, I need my sleep!” I see that the wooden dogs had heard and seen where it came from it was only a matter of distance Before I can untangle myself from the bush to stop the pony from getting killed. The wolves make a beeline straight for the sleep-deprived mare. I can hear them tear into her and I can hear her blood splatter on the doorway she had been in.”Foolish mare, thinking she could command my pets.” That voice, it was the same voice that had told the bear that I was free to have, before it almost killed me.”I know you are there, I can smell your fear. Do you recognize my voice? I will not hurt you.” “I am right here, why are you doing this? You know it will only make ponies fear us more than they already do.” Replied a very agitated unicorn. Vinyl’s voice had just come from somewhere above and behind me. “I think you misunderstand my intentions dearie, I simply do what I am paid to do.” She said in a very dismissive way. “Really! You do what what you are paid to do huh? Were you paid to h-have that mare killed?” I can tell by that stutter, she is losing control. Either she loses it and we all die, or somepony regains control of herself. “I was paid to have one of the residents killed, I was not told which one it had to be.” “Grr. You know what I mean, you have always been so selfish Rare.” Good, she regained her control. I don’t like seeing her when she is angry. “I have not been selfish Bass. You are just too weak minded to understand why I must do this.” She paused and said in a different direction,”Darlings, ready for round two?” She got a very happy round of barks in return.”Alright, Kill her this time.” “Why is it so loud out here, I am just trying to sleep.” Came a very tired sounding female voice from a nearby door that was now open. I was out of my bush in an instant. I made my way to the mare as fast my hooves could handle. I was too late, the wolves beat me to her. She could survive this! I thought to myself, she could survive. As I knocked timberwolf after timberwolf away. Lying in a bloody mess was a pegasus mare with wounds too grievous to survive long enough to make it to Ponyville’s hospital, I looked to see Vinyl. The other vampony had left with her wolves, Vinyl said nothing, and just nodded with a concerned look on her face. So, I asked the question for consent. “There is no way you will be able to survive, your wounds can’t be fixed by normal medical methods but, I can save you in an,”I paused, could I go through with this?”Unconventional way. Before you say yes, know that by agreeing to this method it will change your life, for better or for worse.” “Y-yes, I want to live.” Came a very weak reply. I bared my fangs and drove them into the remnants of her throat and enjoyed the taste of the mare’s blood in my mouth. I hope you don’t hate me come morning, was all I could think. Being on the opposite end of the waking up as a vampony the next morning is a riot, but teaching a full-grown five-year-old of a mare about vamponies is a different story. Vinyl was there just watching, laughing, and giving pointers on what to say and how to handle the mare. I really should have just let her die... Author's Note Sorry if the chapters are a little short, personally I like how this story is coming along. Coverart will be made before next chapter is published. I am working on both. I am kind of still on break, kinda. Who is Rare? Why did she call Vinyl Bass? What kind of powers does she have? Why am I writing a new story before adding new chapters to the other stories I have? I can answer that one, because I want to. Why have I done this? 4 Waking up; Questions(M. Dew) My name is Morning Dew I got my cutie mark from growing plants. My cutie mark is a daisy that is in full bloom. My life was going pretty well, I had a stall in the market that made good money, I was doing what I loved, and nopony had made an attempt at my life. Well, not until last night. I was woken up by some howling that I had ignored and tried to go back to sleep, I live near Sweet Apple Acres those kinds of noises are normal. That was until I heard the screams of pain and then a very loud conversation about killing somepony. I needed my sleep so I got out of my bed, opened my front door and yelled into the night,”Why is it so loud out here, I am just trying to sleep.” Before I could even come close to closing my door I was swarmed by a group of timberwolves. They tore into me like I was just another piece of meat, they seemed to not react to anything I did to get them off me. Then almost like somepony had sent an angel to save me. This ‘angel’ knocked the timberwolves away like they were made of cardboard. They looked at me and my destroyed body. Suddenly I had wanted the wolves to have finished me. The look my savior gave told me I was not in a good condition, they look over to the side to a white unicorn I think I recognize. The unicorn gave a nod, my hero turned back to me and said in a sincere tone, “There is no way you will be able to survive, your wounds can’t be fixed by normal medical methods but, I can save you in an” That pause, why did you pause. Please stop me from dying!”Unconventional way. Before you say yes, know that by agreeing to this method it will change your life, for better or for worse.” Unethical or not I want to live. “Y-yes, I want to live,” A weak voice said from nearby, that was my voice. I guess my voice was so weak from my screams of pain and terror. I saw a glint of light before I felt something pierce the side of what remained of my throat. Before I could ask anything. I passed out from blood loss. I woke up lying in my bed. My first thoughts were along the lines of I am alive, and how? Who is that? Hey, she looks familiar. At the foot of my bed was a dark green stallion trying and failing to suppress a grin before looking at the unicorn sitting the corner,”It is so much better being on this side.” This side of what? I looked down at my forehooves, only they weren’t mine. My coat was not this dark at all. I lifted the covers off me and saw that my daisy was not on my flank, instead was a deadly nightshade. “What happened to my cutie mark?” I had asked a simple question but they both gave me weird looks. (Well Read) “What happened to my cutie mark?” That was the question the mare had seemingly asked both herself and us, only I didn’t know about such thing happening, I mean my cutie mark didn’t change and according to Vinyl, they don’t change. Why did hers? I look to Vinyl and she is just as puzzled as me. “Wait, your cutie mark changed? Are you sure?” Eh, answer a question with a question. Good job Well Read you are doing so well as the responsible party. “Well it was A daisy, tell me what does a daisy look like to you?” She had empathized the was, that meant something was up. “A daisy, you mean that beautiful little white flower that is growing in all your flower boxes?” (M. Dew) “A daisy, you mean that beautiful little white flower that is growing in all your flower boxes?” He called them beautiful, who is he to judge my flowers? I will admit I kinda have an obsession with the flower. Am I blushing? (Well Read) Did she just blush when I mentioned her flower boxes full of daisies? Well, anyways I think I might know why her mark is not a daisy anymore. “Perhaps your cutie mark changed because daisies are thought to be pure and represent light. So when you changed your cutie mark changed to represent the darkness you are now part of. That is just a guess. You could say I am very well read.” “I g-guess that does make some sense, but wait. What do you mean by ‘darkness I am now part of’?” Oh boy, the best part! “You are now what is called a vampony. I am the one that changed you into what you now are. My name is Well Read, by the way, miss…” “Morning Dew, although that name might be changed to better suit my new look. Wait, if you’re the one that turned me doesn’t that mean I am bound to do your bidding or else risk death?” “Now where did you read that?” I know the book, it is one of my favorites.”No, you are not forced to obey me, I mean the one that turns you is responsible for you until they deem fit to leave, like Vinyl here, her’s ditched the minute he was done teaching her, and yet she has yet to leave me completely alone. Yes, she is the one that turned me. Do you see her telling me to do anything?” “Umm. No?” (M. Dew) That is why she looks familiar, she’s the DJ at the club in town. I have only been there twice, No wonder she looked familiar, only I don’t recall her having red eyes of fangs. I think I will ask her later. Right now I have to pay attention. (Well Read) “What else have you heard about us vamponies? Hmmm..” I almost feel Vinyl’s excitement for the one question she wants to answer. “Umm just three more. How much blood do I need to satisfy myself? What about the sun, does it burn us? And finally, do we sparkle?” She heard it and is waiting for the chance to answer. “To answer the first, roughly between one cup to a quart of blood a day. It really depends on the day.” “Okay, good to know.” “The second kinda bounces off the first, as long as we have had blood it slightly bothers us. If we have not had blood recently, we will burn. Fast. And if Vinyl were to burn you and I would be burned as well.” “Okay, so I just need blood, okay. And make sure Vinyl or you do not burn too close to me, okay.” jeez, she is taking this so calmly, why is she so calm? “And for the final question, I am pretty sure Vinyl has dibs.” I had just finished saying that before she had leaped from her corner and began. “I have already explained to Twilight that We Don’t Sparkle, that is fictional nonsense.” Vinyl then gave a happy look then returned to the corner she had claimed as hers. “Okay, we don’t sparkle. But about Vinyl burning, is there any way to prevent it?” “Actually, I had heard that one of the older vamps did burn, and yet no other ones did. I think there is some sort of maximum range of effect, and I think it has to travel down the line to work. What I mean is if say I was within range of the older vamp dying, I would not be affected because Vinyl was not affected by the radius. Or at least I think that is how it works.” I was guessing. (M. Dew) “...Or at least I think that is how it works” That stallion, Well Read, seems to actually be very well read. I mean his theories he is coming up with make sense to me and seems to be rooted firmly in well-known concepts. I think this might get interesting to learn more about. Why do I suddenly feel Really bored, I wonder if there is something fun outside. Author's Note Coverart will happen after spring break ends. (M. Dew) means Morning Dew's perspective, (Well Read) means Well Reads perspective, sorry it hopped around soo much. I plan to have that happen a lot less in upcoming chapters. I have received a package in the mail, but Vinyl won't let me near it. She keeps saying something about danger being in the box. She has decided to watch me from a distance, and keep the box near her. The box is close enough to her no matter what I do she will beat me to it. I would rather not anger the vampiric DJ. At least she is no longer holding her fangs against me. I think she has locked the door. 5 Lessons...(Well Read) Having been taught how to be a vampony you would think I would know what I was doing right? Wrong, I learned in a way that fit me. She needs to be taught in the way that fits her. I did not get a cutie mark in teaching, did I? It also did not help that she a full-grown five-year-old mare. The first lesson I had to find a way for her to learn was control. More specifically, control over her new urges. Her new urges to hunt and kill ponies for the blood she needs. With Vinyl’s help, we managed to teach her the best way to get the red liquid of life. Making pony friends that want to help you stay a peaceful creature that wants to live peacefully among ponies. Second, was the rules of living. Well, rules for living and surviving among ponies. Half-way through the lesson, I had to leave. I needed a break. How did Vinyl manage to stick around long enough to teach me with giving up? I had to make a deal with Vinyl to get her to take over, ten vials of unicorn blood two days from now. That deal was worth it. (Well Read) I gave Vinyl the vials happy to hear that Nightshade(Morning Dew’s new name) was happily living among ponies. “I should have told long before now. So, I am going to show you something, don’t freak out.” I nodded expecting her to jump at me. In front of my eyes I saw the impossible done by Vinyl, her fangs disappeared and eyes her changed to more of a pinker red. “Ho-How did you do that?” I stuttered out in surprise. “This is what makes me special as a vamp, I can make myself look more like a pony. So I can hide among them, waiting for the right time to strike. I use it to better control myself when I am like this blood is about as appetizing as rotten hayburgers.” “So, can I do that?” “No, I think each vampony as a different special thing about them. Rare’s way with animals is hers. Nightshade can blend in with any plants, literally, I couldn’t find her for three hours because she was a rose bush. I don’t know if you have one, some of the Vamps I have asked have told me that they have no idea what I was talking about?” “I don’t think I have one,” I said sorrowfully looking down. Then I looked across the room at an unfinished vial of unicorn blood I had been drinking before Vinyl’s interruption. I wanted to finish it so bad, my mind was nothing but thoughts of that vial. The vial was surrounded by a green aura and it floated over to me and landed on my waiting hoof. I was dumbstruck, me using magic? Impossible! This had to be a trick by Vinyl! “Vinyl, stop messing with me,” I called out while staring at the red liquid. “I did not use any magic! Plus my aura is purple, not green.” “Since when could I use magic? I know that for awhile now I couldn't properly fly for awhile now, but magic? How?”, I quickly finished the vial. Oh, how tasty that blood was. “I think what makes you special is what blood you have been drinking. Didn’t you give Nightshade all your earth pony blood vials, so she can sate her thirst while she finds blood donating friends?” “Yeah, so?” “You have been drinking unicorn for two weeks now. So, I guess after two weeks of earth pony blood drinking you would have earth pony magic. What happens when you drink pegasus?” “I don’t know, I only had a small amount when I turned Nightshade.” “Well, let’s find out! One of my suppliers is a pegasus, I have enough for you to have two weeks worth.” “Let’s do it!” “Yeah!” She was really excited, and so was I. I now had an upperhoof on Rare. Author's Note This chapter is short, I noticed. I just wanted to get this one done. I needed to explain some things, so I am sorry if this feels rushed. Coverart is almost done! Hurray! Please leave your opinion in the comments on each vamp's special thing. Well Read's ability is to change the type of pony magic he uses through prolonged drinking of a certain type of blood, just in case you missed how it worked. I am bad at describing things. 6 The Interrogation(Well Read) As Vinyl was about to open the front door of my house so we could get to hers to get a supply of pegasus blood for me to try somepony started knocking. She stepped away from the door and I went to answer it, what pony would knock on my door? I know most are fine with me in the street but none even come down the road my house is on. It is literally the only house on the street, that is why my house was the one Vinyl came to when she was too far from hers. “Hello, I was just about to leave. So could you come back later?” I said opening door without seeing who had been knocking. “Sorry Well, I can’t let you leave until you explain to me why Morning Dew seems to under the impression that she almost died the other night?” “Actually, we do need to talk Twilight.” Came Vinyl’s voice from behind me. We let her inside, I gave her a glass of water, and we talked about that night. “So, Well was in a bush and you were waiting on a roof.” ,after we nodded our conformations, she continued, “Then this ‘Rare’ showed with the timberwolves that dismembered the old mare and had begun to do so to Morning Dew,” After I nodded she continued, “Which you asked for consent before bitting and turning her into a vampire to save her.” Once again I nodded, “Who you have made sure will be safe in the community?” Vinyl and I nodded, “So, you don’t know where Rare is or what her plan is?” We both confirmed her suspicion with another nod each, “And you have nothing else to tell me Vinyl? Not even about how Morning Dew is now Nightshade?” Vinyl gave a worried glance to the side before she told Twilight about what we were about to do before she had arrived. Vinyl had me focus on lifting a book, it was surrounded in a green aura and began floating until I turned to talk to Twilight, then it fell. “Nightshade is able to ‘become plants’ as Vinyl puts it and my ability is changing my magic through prolonged exposure to the same type of blood for two weeks I take on that race’s natural magic, but I lose the other race’s. Hence, why I haven’t been able to fly.” “And you already know what I can do, Twilight.” “So, you two were there, but not as a force for bad. You were to stop the timberwolf attacks only to find out a vamp was behind them, and now you are going to try and find them and stop them. If the Ponyville police force were to try to help they would only cause problems because they are not as strong or as fast as your fellow vamps. Well, I have to leave to your devices, I hope you can help the town.” After she said that teleported away, presumably to another appointment of hers. We made our way to Vinyl’s house and checked how much pegasus blood she had in her storage. Author's Note Exposition! That we already know, or in other words… Recap! I know this chapter is really short, to the point I am not counting it as the new chapter. There is another one in the making, I just need to find the right words. Thanks to Draco Dei, who brought up the fact that there were some plot holes like the conversation between Vinyl and Well, the investigation behind the timberwolf attacks, and that if Well Read knows Twilight that she should what is going on. Hope this fills them. 7 A Race We Will Have(Well Read) Over the next two weeks, we did all we could to protect ponies, but Rare was a step ahead of us every time. Being unable to fly, or use magic sucks when you are trying to stop a vampire at their full power. After those two weeks, we went to test what I could now do. Vinyl had told Twilight what we were up to, and she brought one of her friends. Twilight wanted to put me through all these strange and rigorous tests before I could try to fly again apparently, I wasn’t the only one upset with Twilight not letting me fly yet, “That’s It! I’ve had it. Twilight, let go of him. You can test him later. I WANT TO RACE!” Twilight stopped in the middle of locking yet another cuff on my wing, “Fine, you can have him, Rainbow, but, if I find that he becomes unable to fly because of you…. You’ll take his place in these machines. You remember last time, right?” The knowing grin said that I shouldn’t question it. The blue pegasus actually stopped flying just long enough to show being frightened by the thought, “He will be fine”, she said while waving a hoof, “I’ll only push him close to half my speed.” “Okay, but you have to stay where I can observe.” The machine let go of my wing and she whispered, “If you have to get more blood”, she pointed at Rainbow Dash, “Don’t get it from her. She tends to hate bleeding, or getting poked with needles.” She smiled and stepped away. “I hope you smoke her!” Came the loud cheer from Vinyl with a cocky grin on her face. “Go Dashie!” Yelled the pink pony beside her that hadn’t been there before. “What? She is rooting for him, so Dashie needs somepony to root for her.” Vinyl raised her shoulders and hooves, “Guess that makes sense.” Once Twilight was done removing the other four cuffs attached to my hooves I went to the starting line where Rainbow was waiting. “Get Ready!...3……….2………….1...GO!” Yelled the cheerful pink pony. We took off, literally leaving dust clouds in our shapes behind. I could tell that Rainbow was not actually doing what she said, she was going all out and so was I. I was directly behind the cyan pegasus the whole race. We went through a tree-filled corridor, some cloud rings, and Ghastly Gorge(Twilight fainted when we went in). The race was over almost as fast as it began. “You are pretty quick, for a pegasus relearning to fly.” Her gasps between words and sweat down her face told the story better than her mouth, we had gone fast and hard. I was so exhausted that Twilight had to tell me when she was done running her weird tests. After I was released from the mechanical grips of the alicorn’s devices I went home for a pick me up, some nice blood. I opened the door to my cabinet of blood, grabbed a vial, went to pour my drink when I heard, “Hell of a race, wish I could’ve been there to cheer you on, Well.” Rare, what was Rare doing in my house? Author's Note Cliffhanger! This chapter is more of a slice of life type chapter, I don't this story to be all action. Next Chapter: What is Rare up to? Is this just Vinyl messing with Well Read? Where are the timberwolves? And will Well be allowed to drink some blood in peace? 8 Home Intruder(Well Read) “W..w..why are you here?” I somehow managed to get out of my startled body. “It’s simple, my little pony, I want to have a little chat with the little thorn in the side of my superior's plans...¨ She said while grabbing a vial from my cabinet and taking a seat at my table. Taking a look at me, she said, “Either you take a seat willingly or I will force you, your choice.” She waved a hoof toward the other chair while taking a drink. Picking up what was left of the vial I had been preparing, I took a seat and asked, “Why me? Why not Vinyl, or as you call her; Bass? You know, the pony who made me.” “We will talk about that later.” Darn it, I want answers, not questions. I brought my drink to my lips to hide my frustration at her reply, “First, I need to know what you are planning.” I lowered my drink, legitimately confused, “Planning? What do you mean?” She placed a hoof on my table and gave me a stern look, “Your actions against me have not been very strong. In fact, the last five didn’t have any vampires there.” She waved a hoof in the air while rolling her eyes, “My superiors have been pushing me to find out what big threat to their plans you are planning. So, what have you and Bass been up to?” Should I tell her? She will not believe any of it, and if she does it just lets her know that I have an ability, “Training, that is your big threat, me still learning to be a vampire alongside my spawn. Happy?” The straight face I gave her told her everything, I was not lying to her. “What? You are still learning? How?” She threw her hooves up in an exasperated motion, “You were changed a year ago, you should be fully educated. What are you still learning?” She’s Baffled, that feels good. “My ability. I still need to learn how to use it” I am getting a feeling of being lesser than her, I mean she already has mastered her ability. She took a drink from her chosen vile and began, “Ah, your ability. What is yours? I have been curious…” That smile showed true interest, a very dark interest but interest nonetheless. “Well, it is complicated. I don’t even understand it fully myself. You saw that race earlier today, right?” I decided to take a drink while she was replying. “Yeah, you raced that pegasus, what does that have to do with your ability?” “That was a test, a test of what I was capable of after two weeks of pegasus blood?” Her confusion was getting adorable, reminding me of how I reacted to learning about the abilities of certain vampires, “How was that a test? Why pegasus blood?” “I guess I should explain that blood part right? You seem to be a little caught on it.” “Yes, how does blood have anything to do with your ability to fly?” I simply told her how I found out about my ability, with the vial and the green aura, “So you’re telling me that you can use magic, like a unicorn? But only if you have been drinking a unicorn’s blood for a while?” “Yes, I have been drinking pegasus blood for about two weeks, that’s what the race was for. To see how fast, long, and hard I could fly. The best choice to not only keep note of how I was doing mid-flight while also pushing me was Rainbow Dash, one of if not the fastest flyer in Equestria” She sat there thinking then simply took one last sip of her beverage before turning to leave, “Aren’t you going to kill me?” “I can’t, not right now, anyway...” She started to leave before stopping and looking back at me, ”Oh, next time you see Bass, tell her that her Treble has just started…” And with that, she left me sitting there with two half-drank vials of blood wondering what just happened. (Rare) Stepping into the room, “So, did you kill him?” Came the voice of my employer sitting in a chair facing a wall of monitors featuring pictures of Well Read, Vinyl, NightShade, Starlight, and Twilight. I started to bow, “No, but I did gather some interesting information instead…” “Share what you have found out.” I looked up, only moving my eyes up towards my boss and started to grin, “I know Well’s ability and how it works.” The chair spun around to show the creature sitting in it staring me straight down with a devilish grin, ”How do I destroy that little cockroach? That filthy urchin trying to stop my glorious plans for revenge?” Not knowing how to explain, I started with the race… Author's Note So, what do you think? This is like the tenth version of this chapter, and it is is the only one you will get. Why didn't she kill Well? Who is Rare? Who is her boss? What do you think of the chapter, what could be improved? 9 Change of Heart...Without even thinking about the drinks sitting on my table and went straight to Vinyl’s place. I showed up to her house so out of breath that she was actually worried that I might pass out. After she managed to get me to sit down I explained that I needed her to get over to my house and that Rare had been there. “Well, explain what you were doing with Rare?” Said the angry unicorn staring at me while holding Rare’s drink above our heads in her magic. I did not expect this kind of hostility when I called Vinyl over to my house to talk about Rare. The glass was starting to crack… “Okay okay, just please calm down a little bit, That is still my glass and I rather not have to replace it due to an angry unicorn.” After a while, I managed to make her calm down enough to listen to me with risking the death of me or anything in my house. “She just wanted some information and to kill me.” “Why didn’t she kill you?” “She couldn’t, I guess or at least that is what she told me at the moment. She did tell me to tell you something, hence why I didn’t call NightShade here for this.” “What did Rare want me to know?” “That your trouble has just begun, or something like that?’ “Did she say trouble or Treble?” “I think she said Treble? Why does that matter? And why did you ask if it was that specific word?” She explained that she and Rare have known each other for a long time and that they certain phrases that they could tell each other that have meanings that only they knew. Vinyl hearing that her Treble has just started means that Rare wants to meet in private with or without trusted ponies nearby. We showed up to the destroyed castle in the Everfree, apparently, because of the chosen method of delivery, she determined the location for the meeting was the castle of the two sisters. She brought me along because of the conversation Rare and I had earlier today. “I almost thought you wouldn’t show, Vinyl.” Came the voice of Rare from above us hidden on a balcony. She was waiting here, and I thought Vinyl was telling me lies she made up to mess with me. “I came, you knew I would. That phrase has meanings that we can’t even explain!” Yelled Vinyl towards Rare’s hiding spot. The black shadow that dropped in front of her actually made me jump back in fright. Yet alone, the eerily devilish smile from Rare.”Why do you think I called you,” Her grin turned sour and sad, no longer having that sinister feeling, “I want to tell you that you are right in this war.*sob* Okay, you were right.” The Vampire that has been in the nightmares of Vinyl and I for the last three weeks had turned into a crying mess leaning against my creator. Vinyl rolled her eyes and while patting Rare’s back like she was burping a foal waved me over with her hoof, “Get over here, I need to properly introduce you two." Author's Note So, this chapter was actually fun to write, even with a vampire watching me from a corner staring at what I am writing... Who is Rare? Next chapter we learn...
1 PrologueAuthor's Note This story will have blood in it! You have had two warnings now! One more ignored one will result in proof of literacy tests for those who are willing to take it. I did not want to put Vinyl in but, she kinda forced me(HELP! She is literally holding me at fang point to write). This chapter is short because it is a prologue. These are vamponies! not thestrals, they will also be in this story they are not the same! 1 Prologue A unicorn stopped the hulking brown shape on top of me from dealing the finishing blow to my bloodied and battered body. The unicorn had seen that my wounds were too severe and asked me, “Do you wish to continue living, but you will have new problems and new joys?” her voice was so angelic to my numbing ears. “Y-yes,” that was all she needed to hear before she plunged her fangs into the side of my throat and began to drain the life out of me. My final words had been consent, what in Equestria have I gotten myself into? Waking up as a vampony is one thing, waking up in your own house as a vampony is another, waking up in your own house as a vampony with the one that changed you staring at you as you flail about is a whole different thing. Once I had stopped trying to run from my entangled bedding she spoke, "Finally awake huh?" "How long was I out?" was the reply of a very scared green former pegasus with now red eyes. "Half the day, pretty short for how much blood you lost.," She said glancing at the window, "Now I have to tell you some things, so listen up I am only saying these things once! You hear!" For the next day and night, she lectured me about how to be a vampony. “First,” She began in an authoritative tone,”You will act a little more childish than normal...” She noticed me faking being asleep’”You know…. letting you die would have made my life easier.” She grumbled to herself from behind a very recent facehoof. During that night and the following day, Vinyl taught me everything about what I now was, a vampony, and what that entailed. One of the things I learned from Vinyl is I can still eat normal pony food but, I do require a constant supply of blood. To solve my need for blood (which I will not take by force, one bite and the victim of such bite will become a vampony there is no if)I made two friends, an earthpony and a unicorn. My friends are on a routine, they come to my house every other week (earthpony one-week unicorn the next) during their visit they drain some of their own blood and store it in vials (that have preservation enchantments on them) for me to drink from later. I live among the ponies of Ponyville with almost no problems, I have even made friends with Twilight, I think she made friends with me just so she can experiment on me. This is an amazing setup, nothing could possibly ruin this. Did I just jinx it? Darn!.
3 Hero? NopeI was hiding in the one place I blend in, somepony’s rose bush. My dark green coat at night was the same color as the leaves around it, now if only my mane and tail weren’t dark grey I would have an easier time hiding. The rose bush I was in had a great view of the path towards the farm and plus, it hid my scent from any creatures that would be interested in finding me. Vinyl was somewhere nearby using some sort of illusion spell to hide her white coat under a very gray, similar to her roommate’s. A howl, then the scrambling of wooden claws on hard-packed earth of the path leading from the farm. From where I lay hidden I could see the timberwolves coming and the vampony behind the pack of monsters. From two houses down, I hear a pony open the door of their house and call out, “Stop that racket, I need my sleep!” I see that the wooden dogs had heard and seen where it came from it was only a matter of distance Before I can untangle myself from the bush to stop the pony from getting killed. The wolves make a beeline straight for the sleep-deprived mare. I can hear them tear into her and I can hear her blood splatter on the doorway she had been in.”Foolish mare, thinking she could command my pets.” That voice, it was the same voice that had told the bear that I was free to have, before it almost killed me.”I know you are there, I can smell your fear. Do you recognize my voice? I will not hurt you.” “I am right here, why are you doing this? You know it will only make ponies fear us more than they already do.” Replied a very agitated unicorn. Vinyl’s voice had just come from somewhere above and behind me. “I think you misunderstand my intentions dearie, I simply do what I am paid to do.” She said in a very dismissive way. “Really! You do what what you are paid to do huh? Were you paid to h-have that mare killed?” I can tell by that stutter, she is losing control. Either she loses it and we all die, or somepony regains control of herself. “I was paid to have one of the residents killed, I was not told which one it had to be.” “Grr. You know what I mean, you have always been so selfish Rare.” Good, she regained her control. I don’t like seeing her when she is angry. “I have not been selfish Bass. You are just too weak minded to understand why I must do this.” She paused and said in a different direction,”Darlings, ready for round two?” She got a very happy round of barks in return.”Alright, Kill her this time.” “Why is it so loud out here, I am just trying to sleep.” Came a very tired sounding female voice from a nearby door that was now open. I was out of my bush in an instant. I made my way to the mare as fast my hooves could handle. I was too late, the wolves beat me to her. She could survive this! I thought to myself, she could survive. As I knocked timberwolf after timberwolf away. Lying in a bloody mess was a pegasus mare with wounds too grievous to survive long enough to make it to Ponyville’s hospital, I looked to see Vinyl. The other vampony had left with her wolves, Vinyl said nothing, and just nodded with a concerned look on her face. So, I asked the question for consent. “There is no way you will be able to survive, your wounds can’t be fixed by normal medical methods but, I can save you in an,”I paused, could I go through with this?”Unconventional way. Before you say yes, know that by agreeing to this method it will change your life, for better or for worse.” “Y-yes, I want to live.” Came a very weak reply. I bared my fangs and drove them into the remnants of her throat and enjoyed the taste of the mare’s blood in my mouth. I hope you don’t hate me come morning, was all I could think. Being on the opposite end of the waking up as a vampony the next morning is a riot, but teaching a full-grown five-year-old of a mare about vamponies is a different story. Vinyl was there just watching, laughing, and giving pointers on what to say and how to handle the mare. I really should have just let her die... Author's Note Sorry if the chapters are a little short, personally I like how this story is coming along. Coverart will be made before next chapter is published. I am working on both. I am kind of still on break, kinda. Who is Rare? Why did she call Vinyl Bass? What kind of powers does she have? Why am I writing a new story before adding new chapters to the other stories I have? I can answer that one, because I want to. Why have I done this?
4 Waking up; Questions(M. Dew) My name is Morning Dew I got my cutie mark from growing plants. My cutie mark is a daisy that is in full bloom. My life was going pretty well, I had a stall in the market that made good money, I was doing what I loved, and nopony had made an attempt at my life. Well, not until last night. I was woken up by some howling that I had ignored and tried to go back to sleep, I live near Sweet Apple Acres those kinds of noises are normal. That was until I heard the screams of pain and then a very loud conversation about killing somepony. I needed my sleep so I got out of my bed, opened my front door and yelled into the night,”Why is it so loud out here, I am just trying to sleep.” Before I could even come close to closing my door I was swarmed by a group of timberwolves. They tore into me like I was just another piece of meat, they seemed to not react to anything I did to get them off me. Then almost like somepony had sent an angel to save me. This ‘angel’ knocked the timberwolves away like they were made of cardboard. They looked at me and my destroyed body. Suddenly I had wanted the wolves to have finished me. The look my savior gave told me I was not in a good condition, they look over to the side to a white unicorn I think I recognize. The unicorn gave a nod, my hero turned back to me and said in a sincere tone, “There is no way you will be able to survive, your wounds can’t be fixed by normal medical methods but, I can save you in an” That pause, why did you pause. Please stop me from dying!”Unconventional way. Before you say yes, know that by agreeing to this method it will change your life, for better or for worse.” Unethical or not I want to live. “Y-yes, I want to live,” A weak voice said from nearby, that was my voice. I guess my voice was so weak from my screams of pain and terror. I saw a glint of light before I felt something pierce the side of what remained of my throat. Before I could ask anything. I passed out from blood loss. I woke up lying in my bed. My first thoughts were along the lines of I am alive, and how? Who is that? Hey, she looks familiar. At the foot of my bed was a dark green stallion trying and failing to suppress a grin before looking at the unicorn sitting the corner,”It is so much better being on this side.” This side of what? I looked down at my forehooves, only they weren’t mine. My coat was not this dark at all. I lifted the covers off me and saw that my daisy was not on my flank, instead was a deadly nightshade. “What happened to my cutie mark?” I had asked a simple question but they both gave me weird looks. (Well Read) “What happened to my cutie mark?” That was the question the mare had seemingly asked both herself and us, only I didn’t know about such thing happening, I mean my cutie mark didn’t change and according to Vinyl, they don’t change. Why did hers? I look to Vinyl and she is just as puzzled as me. “Wait, your cutie mark changed? Are you sure?” Eh, answer a question with a question. Good job Well Read you are doing so well as the responsible party. “Well it was A daisy, tell me what does a daisy look like to you?” She had empathized the was, that meant something was up. “A daisy, you mean that beautiful little white flower that is growing in all your flower boxes?” (M. Dew) “A daisy, you mean that beautiful little white flower that is growing in all your flower boxes?” He called them beautiful, who is he to judge my flowers? I will admit I kinda have an obsession with the flower. Am I blushing? (Well Read) Did she just blush when I mentioned her flower boxes full of daisies? Well, anyways I think I might know why her mark is not a daisy anymore. “Perhaps your cutie mark changed because daisies are thought to be pure and represent light. So when you changed your cutie mark changed to represent the darkness you are now part of. That is just a guess. You could say I am very well read.” “I g-guess that does make some sense, but wait. What do you mean by ‘darkness I am now part of’?” Oh boy, the best part! “You are now what is called a vampony. I am the one that changed you into what you now are. My name is Well Read, by the way, miss…” “Morning Dew, although that name might be changed to better suit my new look. Wait, if you’re the one that turned me doesn’t that mean I am bound to do your bidding or else risk death?” “Now where did you read that?” I know the book, it is one of my favorites.”No, you are not forced to obey me, I mean the one that turns you is responsible for you until they deem fit to leave, like Vinyl here, her’s ditched the minute he was done teaching her, and yet she has yet to leave me completely alone. Yes, she is the one that turned me. Do you see her telling me to do anything?” “Umm. No?” (M. Dew) That is why she looks familiar, she’s the DJ at the club in town. I have only been there twice, No wonder she looked familiar, only I don’t recall her having red eyes of fangs. I think I will ask her later. Right now I have to pay attention. (Well Read) “What else have you heard about us vamponies? Hmmm..” I almost feel Vinyl’s excitement for the one question she wants to answer. “Umm just three more. How much blood do I need to satisfy myself? What about the sun, does it burn us? And finally, do we sparkle?” She heard it and is waiting for the chance to answer. “To answer the first, roughly between one cup to a quart of blood a day. It really depends on the day.” “Okay, good to know.” “The second kinda bounces off the first, as long as we have had blood it slightly bothers us. If we have not had blood recently, we will burn. Fast. And if Vinyl were to burn you and I would be burned as well.” “Okay, so I just need blood, okay. And make sure Vinyl or you do not burn too close to me, okay.” jeez, she is taking this so calmly, why is she so calm? “And for the final question, I am pretty sure Vinyl has dibs.” I had just finished saying that before she had leaped from her corner and began. “I have already explained to Twilight that We Don’t Sparkle, that is fictional nonsense.” Vinyl then gave a happy look then returned to the corner she had claimed as hers. “Okay, we don’t sparkle. But about Vinyl burning, is there any way to prevent it?” “Actually, I had heard that one of the older vamps did burn, and yet no other ones did. I think there is some sort of maximum range of effect, and I think it has to travel down the line to work. What I mean is if say I was within range of the older vamp dying, I would not be affected because Vinyl was not affected by the radius. Or at least I think that is how it works.” I was guessing. (M. Dew) “...Or at least I think that is how it works” That stallion, Well Read, seems to actually be very well read. I mean his theories he is coming up with make sense to me and seems to be rooted firmly in well-known concepts. I think this might get interesting to learn more about. Why do I suddenly feel Really bored, I wonder if there is something fun outside. Author's Note Coverart will happen after spring break ends. (M. Dew) means Morning Dew's perspective, (Well Read) means Well Reads perspective, sorry it hopped around soo much. I plan to have that happen a lot less in upcoming chapters. I have received a package in the mail, but Vinyl won't let me near it. She keeps saying something about danger being in the box. She has decided to watch me from a distance, and keep the box near her. The box is close enough to her no matter what I do she will beat me to it. I would rather not anger the vampiric DJ. At least she is no longer holding her fangs against me. I think she has locked the door.
5 Lessons...(Well Read) Having been taught how to be a vampony you would think I would know what I was doing right? Wrong, I learned in a way that fit me. She needs to be taught in the way that fits her. I did not get a cutie mark in teaching, did I? It also did not help that she a full-grown five-year-old mare. The first lesson I had to find a way for her to learn was control. More specifically, control over her new urges. Her new urges to hunt and kill ponies for the blood she needs. With Vinyl’s help, we managed to teach her the best way to get the red liquid of life. Making pony friends that want to help you stay a peaceful creature that wants to live peacefully among ponies. Second, was the rules of living. Well, rules for living and surviving among ponies. Half-way through the lesson, I had to leave. I needed a break. How did Vinyl manage to stick around long enough to teach me with giving up? I had to make a deal with Vinyl to get her to take over, ten vials of unicorn blood two days from now. That deal was worth it. (Well Read) I gave Vinyl the vials happy to hear that Nightshade(Morning Dew’s new name) was happily living among ponies. “I should have told long before now. So, I am going to show you something, don’t freak out.” I nodded expecting her to jump at me. In front of my eyes I saw the impossible done by Vinyl, her fangs disappeared and eyes her changed to more of a pinker red. “Ho-How did you do that?” I stuttered out in surprise. “This is what makes me special as a vamp, I can make myself look more like a pony. So I can hide among them, waiting for the right time to strike. I use it to better control myself when I am like this blood is about as appetizing as rotten hayburgers.” “So, can I do that?” “No, I think each vampony as a different special thing about them. Rare’s way with animals is hers. Nightshade can blend in with any plants, literally, I couldn’t find her for three hours because she was a rose bush. I don’t know if you have one, some of the Vamps I have asked have told me that they have no idea what I was talking about?” “I don’t think I have one,” I said sorrowfully looking down. Then I looked across the room at an unfinished vial of unicorn blood I had been drinking before Vinyl’s interruption. I wanted to finish it so bad, my mind was nothing but thoughts of that vial. The vial was surrounded by a green aura and it floated over to me and landed on my waiting hoof. I was dumbstruck, me using magic? Impossible! This had to be a trick by Vinyl! “Vinyl, stop messing with me,” I called out while staring at the red liquid. “I did not use any magic! Plus my aura is purple, not green.” “Since when could I use magic? I know that for awhile now I couldn't properly fly for awhile now, but magic? How?”, I quickly finished the vial. Oh, how tasty that blood was. “I think what makes you special is what blood you have been drinking. Didn’t you give Nightshade all your earth pony blood vials, so she can sate her thirst while she finds blood donating friends?” “Yeah, so?” “You have been drinking unicorn for two weeks now. So, I guess after two weeks of earth pony blood drinking you would have earth pony magic. What happens when you drink pegasus?” “I don’t know, I only had a small amount when I turned Nightshade.” “Well, let’s find out! One of my suppliers is a pegasus, I have enough for you to have two weeks worth.” “Let’s do it!” “Yeah!” She was really excited, and so was I. I now had an upperhoof on Rare. Author's Note This chapter is short, I noticed. I just wanted to get this one done. I needed to explain some things, so I am sorry if this feels rushed. Coverart is almost done! Hurray! Please leave your opinion in the comments on each vamp's special thing. Well Read's ability is to change the type of pony magic he uses through prolonged drinking of a certain type of blood, just in case you missed how it worked. I am bad at describing things.
6 The Interrogation(Well Read) As Vinyl was about to open the front door of my house so we could get to hers to get a supply of pegasus blood for me to try somepony started knocking. She stepped away from the door and I went to answer it, what pony would knock on my door? I know most are fine with me in the street but none even come down the road my house is on. It is literally the only house on the street, that is why my house was the one Vinyl came to when she was too far from hers. “Hello, I was just about to leave. So could you come back later?” I said opening door without seeing who had been knocking. “Sorry Well, I can’t let you leave until you explain to me why Morning Dew seems to under the impression that she almost died the other night?” “Actually, we do need to talk Twilight.” Came Vinyl’s voice from behind me. We let her inside, I gave her a glass of water, and we talked about that night. “So, Well was in a bush and you were waiting on a roof.” ,after we nodded our conformations, she continued, “Then this ‘Rare’ showed with the timberwolves that dismembered the old mare and had begun to do so to Morning Dew,” After I nodded she continued, “Which you asked for consent before bitting and turning her into a vampire to save her.” Once again I nodded, “Who you have made sure will be safe in the community?” Vinyl and I nodded, “So, you don’t know where Rare is or what her plan is?” We both confirmed her suspicion with another nod each, “And you have nothing else to tell me Vinyl? Not even about how Morning Dew is now Nightshade?” Vinyl gave a worried glance to the side before she told Twilight about what we were about to do before she had arrived. Vinyl had me focus on lifting a book, it was surrounded in a green aura and began floating until I turned to talk to Twilight, then it fell. “Nightshade is able to ‘become plants’ as Vinyl puts it and my ability is changing my magic through prolonged exposure to the same type of blood for two weeks I take on that race’s natural magic, but I lose the other race’s. Hence, why I haven’t been able to fly.” “And you already know what I can do, Twilight.” “So, you two were there, but not as a force for bad. You were to stop the timberwolf attacks only to find out a vamp was behind them, and now you are going to try and find them and stop them. If the Ponyville police force were to try to help they would only cause problems because they are not as strong or as fast as your fellow vamps. Well, I have to leave to your devices, I hope you can help the town.” After she said that teleported away, presumably to another appointment of hers. We made our way to Vinyl’s house and checked how much pegasus blood she had in her storage. Author's Note Exposition! That we already know, or in other words… Recap! I know this chapter is really short, to the point I am not counting it as the new chapter. There is another one in the making, I just need to find the right words. Thanks to Draco Dei, who brought up the fact that there were some plot holes like the conversation between Vinyl and Well, the investigation behind the timberwolf attacks, and that if Well Read knows Twilight that she should what is going on. Hope this fills them.
7 A Race We Will Have(Well Read) Over the next two weeks, we did all we could to protect ponies, but Rare was a step ahead of us every time. Being unable to fly, or use magic sucks when you are trying to stop a vampire at their full power. After those two weeks, we went to test what I could now do. Vinyl had told Twilight what we were up to, and she brought one of her friends. Twilight wanted to put me through all these strange and rigorous tests before I could try to fly again apparently, I wasn’t the only one upset with Twilight not letting me fly yet, “That’s It! I’ve had it. Twilight, let go of him. You can test him later. I WANT TO RACE!” Twilight stopped in the middle of locking yet another cuff on my wing, “Fine, you can have him, Rainbow, but, if I find that he becomes unable to fly because of you…. You’ll take his place in these machines. You remember last time, right?” The knowing grin said that I shouldn’t question it. The blue pegasus actually stopped flying just long enough to show being frightened by the thought, “He will be fine”, she said while waving a hoof, “I’ll only push him close to half my speed.” “Okay, but you have to stay where I can observe.” The machine let go of my wing and she whispered, “If you have to get more blood”, she pointed at Rainbow Dash, “Don’t get it from her. She tends to hate bleeding, or getting poked with needles.” She smiled and stepped away. “I hope you smoke her!” Came the loud cheer from Vinyl with a cocky grin on her face. “Go Dashie!” Yelled the pink pony beside her that hadn’t been there before. “What? She is rooting for him, so Dashie needs somepony to root for her.” Vinyl raised her shoulders and hooves, “Guess that makes sense.” Once Twilight was done removing the other four cuffs attached to my hooves I went to the starting line where Rainbow was waiting. “Get Ready!...3……….2………….1...GO!” Yelled the cheerful pink pony. We took off, literally leaving dust clouds in our shapes behind. I could tell that Rainbow was not actually doing what she said, she was going all out and so was I. I was directly behind the cyan pegasus the whole race. We went through a tree-filled corridor, some cloud rings, and Ghastly Gorge(Twilight fainted when we went in). The race was over almost as fast as it began. “You are pretty quick, for a pegasus relearning to fly.” Her gasps between words and sweat down her face told the story better than her mouth, we had gone fast and hard. I was so exhausted that Twilight had to tell me when she was done running her weird tests. After I was released from the mechanical grips of the alicorn’s devices I went home for a pick me up, some nice blood. I opened the door to my cabinet of blood, grabbed a vial, went to pour my drink when I heard, “Hell of a race, wish I could’ve been there to cheer you on, Well.” Rare, what was Rare doing in my house? Author's Note Cliffhanger! This chapter is more of a slice of life type chapter, I don't this story to be all action. Next Chapter: What is Rare up to? Is this just Vinyl messing with Well Read? Where are the timberwolves? And will Well be allowed to drink some blood in peace?
8 Home Intruder(Well Read) “W..w..why are you here?” I somehow managed to get out of my startled body. “It’s simple, my little pony, I want to have a little chat with the little thorn in the side of my superior's plans...¨ She said while grabbing a vial from my cabinet and taking a seat at my table. Taking a look at me, she said, “Either you take a seat willingly or I will force you, your choice.” She waved a hoof toward the other chair while taking a drink. Picking up what was left of the vial I had been preparing, I took a seat and asked, “Why me? Why not Vinyl, or as you call her; Bass? You know, the pony who made me.” “We will talk about that later.” Darn it, I want answers, not questions. I brought my drink to my lips to hide my frustration at her reply, “First, I need to know what you are planning.” I lowered my drink, legitimately confused, “Planning? What do you mean?” She placed a hoof on my table and gave me a stern look, “Your actions against me have not been very strong. In fact, the last five didn’t have any vampires there.” She waved a hoof in the air while rolling her eyes, “My superiors have been pushing me to find out what big threat to their plans you are planning. So, what have you and Bass been up to?” Should I tell her? She will not believe any of it, and if she does it just lets her know that I have an ability, “Training, that is your big threat, me still learning to be a vampire alongside my spawn. Happy?” The straight face I gave her told her everything, I was not lying to her. “What? You are still learning? How?” She threw her hooves up in an exasperated motion, “You were changed a year ago, you should be fully educated. What are you still learning?” She’s Baffled, that feels good. “My ability. I still need to learn how to use it” I am getting a feeling of being lesser than her, I mean she already has mastered her ability. She took a drink from her chosen vile and began, “Ah, your ability. What is yours? I have been curious…” That smile showed true interest, a very dark interest but interest nonetheless. “Well, it is complicated. I don’t even understand it fully myself. You saw that race earlier today, right?” I decided to take a drink while she was replying. “Yeah, you raced that pegasus, what does that have to do with your ability?” “That was a test, a test of what I was capable of after two weeks of pegasus blood?” Her confusion was getting adorable, reminding me of how I reacted to learning about the abilities of certain vampires, “How was that a test? Why pegasus blood?” “I guess I should explain that blood part right? You seem to be a little caught on it.” “Yes, how does blood have anything to do with your ability to fly?” I simply told her how I found out about my ability, with the vial and the green aura, “So you’re telling me that you can use magic, like a unicorn? But only if you have been drinking a unicorn’s blood for a while?” “Yes, I have been drinking pegasus blood for about two weeks, that’s what the race was for. To see how fast, long, and hard I could fly. The best choice to not only keep note of how I was doing mid-flight while also pushing me was Rainbow Dash, one of if not the fastest flyer in Equestria” She sat there thinking then simply took one last sip of her beverage before turning to leave, “Aren’t you going to kill me?” “I can’t, not right now, anyway...” She started to leave before stopping and looking back at me, ”Oh, next time you see Bass, tell her that her Treble has just started…” And with that, she left me sitting there with two half-drank vials of blood wondering what just happened. (Rare) Stepping into the room, “So, did you kill him?” Came the voice of my employer sitting in a chair facing a wall of monitors featuring pictures of Well Read, Vinyl, NightShade, Starlight, and Twilight. I started to bow, “No, but I did gather some interesting information instead…” “Share what you have found out.” I looked up, only moving my eyes up towards my boss and started to grin, “I know Well’s ability and how it works.” The chair spun around to show the creature sitting in it staring me straight down with a devilish grin, ”How do I destroy that little cockroach? That filthy urchin trying to stop my glorious plans for revenge?” Not knowing how to explain, I started with the race… Author's Note So, what do you think? This is like the tenth version of this chapter, and it is is the only one you will get. Why didn't she kill Well? Who is Rare? Who is her boss? What do you think of the chapter, what could be improved?
9 Change of Heart...Without even thinking about the drinks sitting on my table and went straight to Vinyl’s place. I showed up to her house so out of breath that she was actually worried that I might pass out. After she managed to get me to sit down I explained that I needed her to get over to my house and that Rare had been there. “Well, explain what you were doing with Rare?” Said the angry unicorn staring at me while holding Rare’s drink above our heads in her magic. I did not expect this kind of hostility when I called Vinyl over to my house to talk about Rare. The glass was starting to crack… “Okay okay, just please calm down a little bit, That is still my glass and I rather not have to replace it due to an angry unicorn.” After a while, I managed to make her calm down enough to listen to me with risking the death of me or anything in my house. “She just wanted some information and to kill me.” “Why didn’t she kill you?” “She couldn’t, I guess or at least that is what she told me at the moment. She did tell me to tell you something, hence why I didn’t call NightShade here for this.” “What did Rare want me to know?” “That your trouble has just begun, or something like that?’ “Did she say trouble or Treble?” “I think she said Treble? Why does that matter? And why did you ask if it was that specific word?” She explained that she and Rare have known each other for a long time and that they certain phrases that they could tell each other that have meanings that only they knew. Vinyl hearing that her Treble has just started means that Rare wants to meet in private with or without trusted ponies nearby. We showed up to the destroyed castle in the Everfree, apparently, because of the chosen method of delivery, she determined the location for the meeting was the castle of the two sisters. She brought me along because of the conversation Rare and I had earlier today. “I almost thought you wouldn’t show, Vinyl.” Came the voice of Rare from above us hidden on a balcony. She was waiting here, and I thought Vinyl was telling me lies she made up to mess with me. “I came, you knew I would. That phrase has meanings that we can’t even explain!” Yelled Vinyl towards Rare’s hiding spot. The black shadow that dropped in front of her actually made me jump back in fright. Yet alone, the eerily devilish smile from Rare.”Why do you think I called you,” Her grin turned sour and sad, no longer having that sinister feeling, “I want to tell you that you are right in this war.*sob* Okay, you were right.” The Vampire that has been in the nightmares of Vinyl and I for the last three weeks had turned into a crying mess leaning against my creator. Vinyl rolled her eyes and while patting Rare’s back like she was burping a foal waved me over with her hoof, “Get over here, I need to properly introduce you two." Author's Note So, this chapter was actually fun to write, even with a vampire watching me from a corner staring at what I am writing... Who is Rare? Next chapter we learn...
