A Vampire in Equestria

Alucard followed the rails of the train by air for a couple of hours before he arrived at a city. Like the areas he had flown over, everything was full of ponies.

"And here I was, getting all excited. There's nothing interesting here, just ponies everywhere," he muttered, while looking at the city from above.

"Hey, who are you? And how are you flying?" asked a Pegasus with armor, who approached Alucard with curiosity, seeing that Alucard was flying.

"You know its bad manners, asking for a name, without first giving yours." answered Alucard.

"Oh, excuse me, my name is Flash Sentry, I'm a Royal guard, and you?" said Flash with a smile.

"My name is Alucard, and I'm flying thanks to my magic," replied Alucard. "Would you be so kind, as to tell me where am I?"

"Of course! You're currently in Vanhoover" replied Flash with a smile. "Excuse my boldness, but those clothes are very strange." the Pegasus said pointing to Alucard.

"I can hardly consider your opinion offensive or bold, taking into account that you do not know me," Alucard said as he descended into the city.

"Cool, now, if you'll excuse me, there are some bugbears that have been attacking the city at night and I gotta get ready, I recommend you take refuge during the night, those things are strong, bye." Flash said as he flew to the other side of the city.

"Haha, I'll take that into account." answered Alucard while muttering to himself. "What the hell are bugbears?"

While walking through the city, Alucard noticed a market, in said market, the ponies were selling mostly vegetables and fruits, though there were other creatures that had the body of a lion and the head of an eagle that were selling meat, but almost 100% of the market was vegetarian.

Approaching the only butchery in the entire market, Alucard began to see the meats and other things that they were selling.

"Did you miss something or what? Get out of here!" the Griffon exclaimed, heavily annoyed by Alucard's presence.

"It seems it is you, who wants to lose something." Alucard answered with a smile

"Do you want to fight pony!?" exclaimed the Griffon, ruffling his feathers.

While the butcher was preparing to fight, another griffin approached the butcher, scolding him.

"Dad! Do not fight with the customers! Stop shooing the poor fella." exclaimed the griffin before turning to Alucard. "My name is Murian, and this grumpy eagle is my father, Geldor."

"It's a pony! It's another vegetarian, like everyone else that comes to make fun of my business!" Geldor exclaimed glaring at Alucard.

"You never know if an open-minded pony would come to taste our goods, so stop scaring potential customers." exclaimed Murian with a penetrating gaze directed at her father.

"I can hardly be considered a vegetarian, I would love to try your meat, but I'm currently short of money." Alucard sighed as he walked away from the butcher shop.

"Wait! How would you like to eat for free? You would serve as advertising for the other ponies, I promise you that my ribs are to die for!" exclaimed Murian with pleading eyes.

"I would love to, a little bit of blood doesn't hurt anyone," Alucard answered among snickers. "Well, it depends which end you're on."

"Great! I'll be right back, don't you dare leave!" shouted Murian, heading to the kitchen behind the premises.

"So you eat meat?" Asked Geldor with distrustful eyes.

"Among other things," replied Alucard leaving his answer vague.

"Forgive my behavior, the ponies usually come to mock us." said Geldor with a sad tone.

"Worrying about the opinions of the population is ridiculous, do what you want, whenever you want," shouted Alucard with a smile

At that time an epiphany came to Alucard, he was behaving strangely, but of course, the souls that Alucard had inside himself before had affected his personality, and now, without their influence, he was once again Count Dracula.

"Hahahaha! It's quieter in here." said Alucard, referring to the fact that the only voice inside his head now was his own.

"Yes, that's part of the charm of my business!" Geldor answered proudly, thinking that Alucard was talking about his business.

"Well, I like it." Alucard said in a low tone, as he thought about what to do with the piece of humanity that he had recovered after 500 years.

After about thirty minutes, Murian left the kitchen with a hundred barbecue ribs, and three plates. The ribs smelled delicious.

"Here they are, my famous ribs!" exclaimed Murian with a broad smile.

"They look delicious, but from what I see, you still have your ribs." Alucard said looking at Murian with a smirk.

"HAHAHAHA!, I like this guy, I'm sorry but those are not for sale." said Geldor understanding the joke, or was it a joke?

"Ok, now to eat, I want those ponies to see that our food is as good or better than theirs!" Murian shouted raising her wings.

Alucard, Geldor and Murian began to eat, Murian divided the ribs into half, fifty for her father and herself, and fifty for Alucard.

After about ten minutes eating, several ponies approached, some curious why Alucard was eating meat, if only they knew, others to insult Alucard. Alucard responded by throwing the bones of his already eaten ribs at them, if they bothered him too much.

After finishing eating, about five ponies decided to buy some meat, the idea had not worked as well as Murian expected, or at least that is what Alucard thought.

"It seems that your idea was not so successful, but thank you for the food," Alucard said looking at Geldor and Murian.

"Are you crazy?! Our sales to ponies rose like a thousand percent, we've never sold meat to ponies! Our customers are always griffons or dragons, thanks for your help!" Murian shouted full of happiness.

"Yes Lad, thank you for your help, and again, I apologize for how I treated you this afternoon." said Geldor putting a wing over Alucard's back.

"Do not worry about it, if you'll excuse me, I have to go, I want to get to know other cities before deciding something important." Alucard said, walking away from the griffons, but Murian stopped him.

"It's night already and there's a bugbear alert, you had better stay until the morning Alucard, something bad could happen to you," Murian said in a worried tone.

"If you don't have a place to stay, our apartment is nearby, you can sleep on the sofa until tomorrow." Geldor offered with a smile.

"Well, if you insist, lead the way." answered Alucard.

"Give us half an hour, to close the store." With that Geldor and Murian began to close the business for the day.

Once they had finished closing the business, Murian and Geldor along with Alucard began to walk in the direction of their apartment. Upon arriving at the apartment something fell out of the sky, landing in front of Murian and Alucard.

It was Flash Sentry, badly hurt and bleeding.

"I guess the culprit is a bugbear?" Alucard asked the Pegasus on the ground.

"Run, this time we couldn't stop them, they are too many!" exclaimed Flash before vomiting blood.

"Be a dear, and take care of him." Alucard said looking at Murian. "I hope you know some first aid."

"Of course! Dad! Bring me some gauze and alcohol from the apartment, if I move him, he could die." shouted Murian to Geldor.

"Right away!" Geldor said while flying up to their apartment

"Get out of here, the bugbears are coming!" exclaimed Flash looking at Alucard and Murian.

"No way are we going to leave you here to die! Besides ..." Murian stopped talking when she saw about fifteen bugbears flying in their direction. "OH SHIT!"

Alucard, noticing Murian's expression, looked up, seeing the bear and bee hybrids flying towards them.

"HAHAHAHAH! Now I understand, bugbears! Hahahahaha!" Alucard laughed, as if he had heard the best joke in the world.

"What are you laughing about! They're going to kill us!" exclaimed Murian with fear in her eyes.

"Do not worry, I will take care of them." Several shadows around Alucard began to take shape, many had eyes while others had fangs. "Stupid bears, you arrived just when I needed something to drink to pass the ribs that I ate, and for that I am grateful, now, let's begin."

Alucard was ready to destroy the bugbears, maybe his personality had changed a bit, but what's better than a bit of violence to settle the mind.