"What is the meaning of this?" Reißzähne says while he turns around to see the cracks that form on the roof of the cave. White light shines from above the cracks, and as the light touches his coat, his grip on Twilight Sparkle weakens. She struggles against his magical hold, trying to break free, until a searing pain comes, as one of her broken ribs stabs her lung. She tries to cry out in pain, but the grip around her mouth is still too strong, even when weakening by the moment. She tries to move the broken shard of bone, her horn lightly glowing a pale lavender as her aura mixes with Reißzähne's. She feels the bone move outside of the lung, but she doesn't pull it out completely, to avoid internal bleeding. She then tries to move in the opposite way, moving slowly inch by inch.

The roof suddenly starts floating, and makes way for air and sunlight, and Twilight looks up, and sees the silhouette of six ponies, one larger than the others, and a dragon. She suddenly feels Reißzähne's grip on her go, and tries to stand up, but when she does, she feels the bone shard she held in her magic move, and realizes what few magic power she had a minute ago was gone as she feels the bone move inside her lung. She screams in agony, and falls down to the floor.

"Twilight!" She hears, and then sees a flash of blinding, yellow light, as Celestia and her friends appear near her, followed by an anguished scream of pain.

"What are you doing here?! How did you find me?!" Reißzähne screams at Celestia. Celestia turns around, and when she sees the white stallion, a flash of recognition shines on them, followed by a measure of confusion.

"Viktor? You can't be here. You're dead! I saw you and Morning Star die!"

"They never found our bodies, did they? You underestimated my master's gift, Celestia." He smugly spits. "The gift I gave to this mare!"

Twilight can't believe her eyes. Upon her gaze, Celestia's face transformed almost instantly. Just a few instants ago, her eyes displayed sadness and shock as she saw her student's broken body lying on the ground, but now, only a cold and terrible fury shines in Celestia's factions. She walks slowly towards the vampire, who cries out in pain every time she takes a step, as if the princess' very presence is harmful to his body.

"What have you done, Viktor? Why did you do this?"

"Because I can!" He says, laughing mockingly at Celestia.

"You're not going to reason with me, are you, Viktor? Fine, have it your way, if that's what you want." Celestia's horn lights up, and Reißzähne is covered in a yellow aura, and he screams in agony. She brings him until they look eye to eye, and says:

"Where is Morning Star?"

"I'm not going to tell you. I'd rather die than betray my master."

"Where is he?"

"I'd ask my new servant to attack you, but I'd rather not. She didn't obey me when I told her to drink, and I had to discipline her."

"That mare you attacked is my student, Twilight Sparkle. You have one more chance to repent, Viktor."

"Huh. So that's her name... You see, even your student bows to the might of my master's gift."

"Where is Morning Star?"

"Go to hell, Celestia! I'll met you there the day I become a traitor!"

"You leave me no choice." Celestia muttered softly, and then slammed Reißzähne against the wall of the cave. She then turned around to face Twilight.

"Is it true? What he says he did?"

Twilight struggles to breathe through her bleeding lung, but finally gathers the strength to answer.

"Yes, but I haven't drank." she coughs. "He tried to force me to," cough "but I didn't budge, so he beat me up," cough "and tried to rape me." A tear runs down from her eye. "Can you heal me, princess?"

Celestia walks closer to Twilight, and lies down at her side, covering her in the warmth of her wing.

"I can't, Twilight. My magic would burn your insides. But, I can still be near you." Tears running down her face, Celestia nuzzled Twilight Sparkle, and hugged her with her wing.

"So, is he dead, princess?" Rainbow Dash asks. Twilight had fallen asleep a few minutes ago, and everypony else sat around the unconscious stallion, watching over in case he woke up.

"No. Vampires are resistant to physical harm, even when near me or the sun. I merely knocked him out."

"Why? I mean, he's a murderer, and a rapist, and he hurt Twilight! He deserves to die!"

"I didn't know you felt so strongly for Twilight, Rainbow Dash. As for why I have spared him, he's our only chance to fix this. He's the disciple of an old student of mine, Morning Star. Morning Star may be the only one that knows how to reverse this, and Viktor knows where he is. Even if I wanted to kill him, I would have to wait until we know where is Morning Star before doing so."

"But he won't tell! How are you going to do that?!"

"I won't. Luna has her methods, so I will ask for her help." Celestia pulls some grass from the chunks of roof she had pulled off to get to the cave, and, in a yellow flash, a sheet that resembled paper appeared. Another flash, and a small vial filled with ink appears as a chunk of rock disappears. Celestia plucks out one of her feathers, and writes in the sheet.

Luna

Morning Star and Viktor weren't dead, and have returned. I have captured Viktor, and I'll be taking him to you for interrogation on the whereabouts of Morning Star. He also infected Twilight Sparkle. Please, come get us, and bring a carriage. We are in the Everfree forest. I will create a beacon marking our position. Please, come quickly.

Celestia.

Celestia's magic glows a dark green, and the letter combusts, its ashes traveling through the hole in the roof, and with a final yellow flash, a glowing yellow ball appears on the floor.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, VIKTOR VON REIßZÄHNE?!" screams Luna as she flies through the air, a carriage flying behind her. Dark clouds covered the forest, following her, and as she finishes those words, lightning strikes. Reißzähne shakes his head, briefly disoriented after having been woken up after his unconsciousness.

"Oh, you have brought little Luna here with us, Celestia?" He mocks, seemingly without caring for his life.

"You'll see how 'little' she is now, Viktor."

Luna lands, her face contorted in a hateful mask of rage, resembling her former self Nightmare Moon. From her radiated dark energy, covering her in a dark mantle. Her steps rumble through the ground, and her eyes shine pure white.

"It's been a while, hasn't it, Luna? I'm sorry I can't offer yo-"

"BE SILENT, YOU VILE WORM! NOT ONLY DID YOU KEEP ON WITH YOUR SINS, BRINGING DEATH AND PAIN TO COUNTLESS PONIES, YOU DARED TO INFECT OUR SISTER'S APPRENTICE WITH YOUR WRETCHED POISON, AND YOU DARE TO JEST IN FRONT OF US! WE ARE BEING MERCIFUL BY ONLY MAKING YOU TALK! YOU AND THAT MASTER OF YOURS DESERVE PUNISHMENTS WE DECRIED AS TOO HORRIBLE TO CONSIDER WHEN THE NIGHTMARE POSSESSED US!"

"Oh, are you done? My ears are ringing. And yes, I did give her the gift, and there is nothing you can do about it. You could kill me, but you don't have what it takes. Even when you were Nightmare Moon, there wasn't much death. Strike me down if you dare! Are you not an Ali-"

"WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH YOU, YOU'LL BE WISHING DEATH WOULD HAVE COME SOONER THAN US!" Luna yells at him, as a dark aura covers his muzzle, rendering him unable to speak.

"Where will you take him, Luna?" Celestia asks.

"To the ruins of our old castle, Celestia. There will be dark magic at play, and we'd rather keep it off Canterlot Castle. Goodbye, sister, and may you have luck." Luna's horn shone blue, and a dark spot appeared in the air. Luna drags Reißzähne near her as she walks to the spot. She sinks her hoof in it, and darkness cover her and the white stallion, and after a few seconds, their shapes dilute into nothingness.

The carriage, pulled by two thestrals, lands near the entrance to Ponyville's hospital. Rainbow Dash carefully lifts Twilight and puts her on her back. Everypony enters the hospital.

"What the... Princess Celestia?!" says a nurse with white coat and a pale pink mane. She quickly bows before looking at the battered body of Twilight Sparkle.

"Wait for a second, I'll bring a stretcher." the nurse says, as she runs through a hallway, and quickly she is back, pushing a bed with wheels. Rainbow Dash carefully positions Twilight on the bed. The nurse disappears in the halls of Ponyville's hospital.

"What will happen now, Princess?" Pinkie Pie asks, her mane hanging in a straight curtain over her eyes.

"Now, Pinkie Pie, we wait." Celestia answers, a tear running down her cheek.

"Princess, I'm afraid Twilight isn't reacting to the medication." Nurse Redheart says.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, while we've managed to put her broken bones back in place, the healing spells we tried to use to mend her bones and her lung didn't work, and there isn't compatible blood for a transfusion. She has little time."

A few minutes pass, as Celestia made up her mind. If she didn't feed Twilight, she would bleed to death, but who knows what wold happen if the blood entered her system. She had wondered, at times, if Morning Star's and Reißzähne's condition had clouded their judgement, driving them to the bloody violence of their lives.

"Give her the transfusion."

"But the blood isn't compatible! She might die from that!"

"Please, just try it." Celestia says, her eyes betraying her desperation.

"Okay, but I'm not sure it would help in any way. Please, follow me."Says Nurse Redheart, slightly fazed and surprised at seeing the princess so vulnerable. The princess followed the nurse through a long, white hallway, and they stop at a door labeled 'Transfusions'. Nurse Redheart enters the room, and walks out holding a bag of blood. They make their to room 162, where Twilight Sparkle lies in a bed, her torso covered in bandages, a catheter connected to her right hoof. A machine alongside Twilight's bed show a X ray image of her body, showing her broken ribs, held in place only by the bandages in her body. A beeping, regular sound is heard to another machine, connected to a mask Twilight wears, covering her mouth and nose.

Nurse redheart disconnects the serum being given to Twilight from the catheter and puts the blood bag in. The dark red liquid starts to flow into her veins. Five minutes pass without reaction.

"Strange, they tend to react negatively to the incompatible blood around this time."

"Look, nurse!" Celestia exclaims, as she points with her hoof to the X ray display. Slowly, the bone start to mend, and after three minutes, Twilight skeleton is as good as new.

"This is impossible! The magic wore off already!" Nurse Redheart says as she runs to the X ray machine, and pushes a few buttons. The display switches to a view of Twilight's internal organs, the hole in her lung gone.

Celestia walks near her student and nuzzles her, tears flowing from her eyes. She is safe now.

I saved her! But, have I damned her by saving her life? What if there is no cure? What have I done?

Author's Note

I promise next chapter will actually feature Twilight as a protagonist, and so will most of the rest of the fic. I just wanted to use this chapters to show how crappy life will be now for Twilight. Hopefully, next chapter will be ready for Christmas. This is because I want to start another fic.