As Twilight and Fluttershy appeared in the town, something seemed... off. Sure, it looked like any other village, with houses and stands selling fruits and vegetables, but there was a stand or two selling... different stuff. They walked to one of said stands, and glanced at the items.

“Garlic, silver, and... stakes?” Twilight inquired. Fluttershy stayed back, not wanting to bother anybody.

“Twilight, What’s that smell...?” Fluttershy asked. “I smell delicious fruit... and something else...” Fluttershy looked at the stand and meeped.

“Fluttershy? Are you ok? We should be looking for a friendship problem.” Suddenly, there was a loud bell sound. It rang 8 times. At the sound of the bell all of the creatures, not all being pony, packed up the stands and sprinted into houses. The various creatures hung silver and garlic on the doors and windows, and one even hung colored garlic like Hearth’s Warming decor. The only creatures on the flame worn cobble were Twilight, Fluttershy, and a white and blue changeling. Fluttershy and the changeling made eye contact. Out of habit Twilight cast a scanning spell, revealing...

“You! You are the one who left that CRAZY energy surge! How did you end up here?” Twilight asked. The changeling just stood there, in silence.

“So, you’re here early. Script said that you would be more likely to walk or fly... ehh... Follow me. Quick.” The changeling made a follow me gesture and speed walked to a treehouse. They took flight and entered a large window. Seeing that this would be the only way to know what’s going on, Twilight and Fluttershy flew after the changeling. Suddenly, Fluttershy whipped around mid air, flying backwards.

“I think I just heard a whoosh...” Fluttershy mumbled, and she turned back around to fly after Twilight. They landed in a treehouse, where a little fluffy green, blue, and white dragon was sitting at a table with an autumn colored winged jackalope on his head with the changeling. There was coincidentally two chairs left at the table. As the two ponies sat down, a blue glow came from the changeling’s neck and some silver shutters closed over the large window with a BANG. Fluttershy jumped at the sudden noise and Twilight readied a spell.

“Before I tell you what is happening like the script says, my name is Winter, the dragon is Emerald, the bunny thing is Autumn. There is a vampony in this town.” Fluttershy and Twilight gasped and Emerald blew a small green flame into an oil lamp. “It already killed three ponies... Blazing Blade, LanceMint, And Orangeade.” Fluttershy fainted, and Twilight gasped, horrified. Emerald nodded sadly. “The script says you all came here to fix a friendship problem. It has to do with the vampony. Suddenly, Pinkie appeared in the treehouse with a sign that read SPOILERS and she wielded it menacingly.

“Pinkie!?” Flutters and Twi cried in unison. Pinkie shrugged and disappeared. Taking it as Pinkie being Pinkie they looked back at the strange trio.

“Well,” The dragon stated. “You might not wanna leave, because vamponies usually prowl at this hour. Winter seemed to know this, because she made some beds. It’s all we can do, because the inn is closed due to... vampony issues.” Fluttershy regained consciousness, and stood up.

“Why do we always get caught in crud like this?” Fluttershy whined.

Suddenly, out of the blue there was a scream, and the scream was cut short with a dull thud. Winter shrugged and Twilight ran to the blocked window. She pushed open the window and peered through with pure terror. Outside, on the flame worn cobble, a cloaked figure was hunched over the body of a pony. There was audible gulping noises as the vampony drank their fill, and Twilight did the best thing she could think of at the moment.

“Hey you! Stop!” Twilight yelled at the figure. The figure jumped up, revealing two blood soaked fangs and two strangely... tear filled... red eyes, although the shadow of a hoof covered everything else. The figure whipped around, fear in their tear filled eyes, and lunged at the half-dead pony. The figure pressed hard on the pony’s chest, and everyone in the treehouse, minus the again unconscious Fluttershy, could only watch in horror for fear they might be next. The vampony took one final gulp of blood and jumped off the bloodless corpse. They ran off into the night and to all the sensitive ears of the creatures in the treehouse, they heard something.

”I’m so sorry...” Came the muffled, quiet cry of the vampony. Twilight feared for her life now. Actually, she was an alicorn. She feared for Fluttershys life, and Emeralds and Winters and Autumns. Twilight had to see if the pony could still live. She jumped out the window and flew to the corpse. There lay a pale, drunken-dry mare. The mare’s coat was a mint color, with a white and powder blue mane. Their cutie mark was a white crystal with a mint leaf behind it, and they had two holes in their neck, still with a little blood left on it, due to the speed drink and quick getaway of the vampony murderer. Twilight teared up at the sight, wishing this pony’s family members the best of luck at coping with this situation. The rest of the squad landed beside Twilight.

“Oh, not JavelinMint, that’s the second Mint that got killed... Poor SpearMint, she must be having the worst of times right now with one sister dead, this will just made it worse...”

Hoof steps in the darkness. Fluttershy and Twilight both whipped around to see an orange pony with a lemon and lime colored mane and a grapefruit colored Stetson. The mare had a ring of garlic around her neck and maybe a ring on her head too. The mare took off the Stetson and held it above her chest.

“Aw crud. Yet another pony that wretched leech sucked dry...” the last four words were emphasized like a curse word and said like they tasted like manure. “If that blasted batty bucket o crud gets their grimy fangs on another of mah neighbors, so help me I will-“ The rest of the sentence broke off into death threats and curses.

“Easy there, Citrus. We got guests. Please go home.” Said Winter. Citrus put her hat back on and glared at the fang holes on Javelin’s neck.

“Easy there? EASY THERE?! That batty *bleep* done murdered my BROTHER land sakes, and you want me to take it easy!?” More profanity and death threats, and maybe a bleep at Winter or two.

“Well, according to my calculations, if you stay out here, you have a much higher chance of being sucked dry by the vampony.” Twilight said in lecture voice. This received a death stare from Citrus, and Twilight shrunk back.

“Umm... I really think WE should get inside a house Winter, listen to Twilight please. I don’t want to die...” Winter cast an empathetic look at Citrus, and nodded at Emerald. They flew towards the treehouse and through the window. Emerald closed the window and sat at the table.

“Um...” Fluttershy mumbled. “I think I found our friendship problem...”

Author's Note

The last chapter... sorry about the length... Will never do that again. Never again. Also yes Blazing Blade was reformed Mary Sue.