And so the weeks passed, Luna and Alucard were having fun, and the villains were on the move, the royal coronation date was getting closer and everything was going according to plan, both the good and the bad.

Days passed, and the day for the Coronation was finally upon them, Luna, Alucard, Celestia, Twilight and the girls along with the royal couple were using the train that Shining Armor had rented for the coronation today, so the train attendants were serving high-class food and beverages.

“Well, this is good, for a change,” Alucard commented with a glass of wine in his hoof, “I still don't understand how things don't fall from my hoof.”

“Please don't let Twily hear you, the last time she tried to figure that out she had a mental breakdown,” Shining whispered to Alucard’s ear.

“Yeah… see, now I kinda want too…” Alucard said with a smirk before taking a sip of wine.

“Oh stop it Alucard… don't be mean to Shining Armor,” Luna said whilst eating a plate full of apples and oranges.

“I’ll… Think about it,” Alucard said flabbergasted at the amount of food Luna was consuming. “You do know there will be food at the Crystal Empire right?”

“Yes? Why?” Luna said clueless as to why Alucard would mention that.

Alucard could only stare in wonder as Luna swallowed a particularly large mouthful creating a very noticeable bulge that traveled down her throat. 'I don't know whether to be disgusted, horrified or... something entirely inappropriate.'

Alucard shook away those thoughts to focus on what the others were doing, Celestia was dealing with some legal documents, Cadence was talking with Twilight and the girls were having fun it seemed.

Meanwhile, in a dark cave outside the Crystal Empire, two figures were enacting the next part of their plan, but this time they were not alone.

“Is everything going according to plan, Roach?” A dark deep voice asked.

“Yes, the seeds of mistrust have been planted.” A feminine voice answered before venomously reply, “and for the last time, stop calling me Roach, or you'll be my next meal!”

“Whatever, just do your part,” The dark voice said, “and remember that Alucard is MINE!”

“You can have him,” and with that, the figure with the feminine voice left the cave, causing those with her to follower her out.

“Finally, I don't know how she gets anything done with all that noise. And don't you worry, once you fulfill your purpose, I will dispose of you and yours like the Cockroaches you are.” The Dark voice cackled to himself.

The Crystal Empire was full of decorations and cheer, ponies from all ages were out, fillies, colts, stallions and mares, they were out to celebrate their freedom and the official coronation of their new beloved rulers, ponies loved them.

The train was close to the empire, two more hours, and the royal family would arrive, Blueblood was already in the Crystal Empire having decided to not be on the same train as Alucard, he had bought expensive gifts for Cadence and Shining Armor, for Shining, a Grade A Magic Sword that he was actually tempted to keep instead, and for Cadence a beautiful dress.

“I sure hope they like my gifts, I put a lot of thought and money into them,” Blueblood said to himself as he waited inside his room in the palace.

“Don't worry, you won't be there to see their disappointment!” A voice behind him said, making Blueblood scream.

“NOT AGAIN!” Blueblood shouted in panic.

Meanwhile, back on the train, Alucard had started to explore, Luna had allowed him to invite anyone he wanted, and his self-appointed friends hadn't stopped bothering him until he finally gave up and let them be his plus-whatever, but to be fair, it was Pinkie and Lamia that finally made Alucard give up.

“Hmm well, I know for sure…”Alucard said in an empty part of the train with only a pair of empty boxes as his company.

“What?” Lamia asked getting out of one of the boxes.

“How in the hell did you get here!?” Alucard said almost shouting while his head whipped around so fast there was a noticeable crack sound when it stopped.

“That’s a good question…” Lamia said putting on a thinking expression before she decided to change the subject. “So what do you know for sure?”

“That this train is extremely boring, that, and someone or someones have infiltrated the train, to be honest, I applaud their attitude, to come here with me aboard, that takes balls!” Alucard commented.

“Uhhhhhh cool, can I watch ya kill some baddies?” Lamia said with puppies eyes pleading Alucard to let her watch him.

“I suppose you can watch, but I don’t plan on killing them… yet, I want to see what they are planning first,” Alucard said, “and please stop breaking the laws of time and space… it's starting to creep me out.”

“I'm not making any promises!~” Lamia sang as she got back inside the box and closed the lid.

After a moment of thought, Alucard decided to lift the lid only to see the box completely empty. “I have so many questions, but something tells me I shouldn't ask them,” Alucard said leaving the room behind.

In the main cabin, Cadence and Shining were talking alone, the rest of the gang having moved to another cabin to allow them to have some time to prepare, Shining was extremely nervous about the coronation, and so was Cadence, she was already a princess, but ruling an empire without her aunt in the same palace let alone city to go to for advice, that was a huge responsibility.

“Oh god, I can’t breathe!” Shining said in a panic while fanning himself.

“Relax Shining,” Cadence said but with a nervous tone that didn't make her sound as convincing as she has hoped.

Without them noticing, Alucard started to phase through the wall of the cabin.

“Boo!” Alucard said from behind them making Shining and Cadence jump.

“Don’t scare me like that, do you know how stressed I am!?” Shining commented.

“We don't have time to play around right now Alucard, we have to prepare to rule…”Cadence said before trailing off and going deep in thought at realizing that she had to get everything nice and perfect for the coronation, her future decisions would affect an entire kingdom after all.

“Relax you two,” Alucard said getting a cup of wine from the minibar in the cabin. “Have you met the last ruler, from what I heard he was an incompetent asshole, jumping from him to you guys, well, there's no way they won't love you guys.”

“Yeah, I guess you're right,” Shining said sighing as he slumped.

“But what if we make a mistake! The entire-” Cadence was starting to have a meltdown but was stopped by Alucard.

“Ruling is like parenting, you can’t do a perfect job and you'll never be truly ready for it, you just have to do your best for your people,” Alucard said with a faint smile while leaving the room. “You guys are ready to rule, the fact that you are scared shows it.”

Shining and Cadence looked at each other before smiling. “Yeah, we may not be ready for the crown but we'll do our best,” Cadence said thinking about Alucard’s words.

In one of the unoccupied rooms of the train, a dozen uninvited creatures had infiltrated, getting ready for phase one of their master plan, unknowingly to them Alucard was watching them, and everyone on the train, he had expanded his shadow to cover the entire train when they had left canterlot, if a fly gets in or out he would be the first one to know, after all, there were few things more useful than having a thousand eyes everywhere.

“We're in! Nobody has noticed us.” One of them said.

‘How cute! They think I haven’t noticed their presence,’ Alucard thought to himself in one of the other cabins.

“Let’s proceed with the plan for our Queen!” One of the creatures said.

‘Queen? Well I guess I’ll be getting a more literal royal dinner today hahaha,’ Alucard thought in amusement

“Let’s go!” The leader of the creatures ordered.

‘This ought to be interesting.’ Alucard thought while watching Luna eat an entire cake in a few mouthfuls.

Author's Note

I'm BACK, sorry I couldn't update before, I was super sick but now I'm healthy as a horse and ready to write some more!~