Moonlit Eternity

Chapter 6

Their train arrived in Canterlot nearly an hour and a half later, as Twilight had predicted. They exited and took in the awesome site of Equestria's capital city. Steel in particular was stunned. Rainbow looked over at him and smiled.

"What, you've never been in Canterlot before?" She said to him. He shook his head slowly. Rainbow laughed.

"It's so...so..." He said, at a loss for words. "Massive..." Rainbow nodded.

"It really is..." She responded.

"I can't help but feel underdressed, like I should have a tuxedo on or something." He said.

"Don't worry about that, Steel. Odds are that you'll never see any of these ponies again." She said to him. "So, where are we going to go eat?" Steel looked at her and gulped.

"I...uh...hadn't expected it to have this wide of an array of choices. Wanna take a look around? I'm sure we'll find someplace good." He said to her.

"There's no bad place in Canterlot. The worst this city has is adequate." Rainbow said. Steel chuckled as they moved down one of the streets. Many different restaurants presented themselves in an array of ways, all getting their respective points across fairly well. One served down-home cooking, similar to the Apple Family's, others were fancy and stuck up restaurants only for rich ponies. Eventually they came across a small, quaint restaurant with decent atmosphere that seemed to serve a wide array of foods to customers, mostly middle class ponies. They entered and walked to the hostess.

"Table for two, please." Steel said. The hostess nodded and led them to a quiet corner of the restaurant next to a fireplace. The hot air from the fire felt good against Rainbow skin in comparison to the decently cool air of Autumn outside. They sat down. Not shortly after, a tall, lanky waiter arrived and looked at them.

"May I take your drink orders?" He said to them, putting their menus in front of them.

"Yes, we'll have a nice bottle of wine." Steel said to him. He nodded. He looked at Rainbow.

"Did you want anything else, Ma'am?" He said to her. She looked up at him.

"I'll have a water with the wine." She said to him. He nodded and left to get the drinks.

"This city is insane. It makes Manehattan look small." Steel marveled as he picked up the menu and looked at it. He looked over at her. "Go ahead and order whatever you want." Rainbow smiled at him.

"Alright. So, I don't assume you've ever been here before?" Rainbow said to him. Steel shook his head. "Well, it's awesome and everything, but like Manehattan, it's always pretty busy and active. I still prefer Ponyville."

"Yeah, it seems like the constant movement and almost no rest would get to a pony after a while. It's what happened to me in Manehattan." He said. The waiter arrived with their drinks and poured the wine in glasses for the two of them. Steel nodded to the waiter, who nodded back.

"Are you ready to order dinner?" He said to them.

"Uh, yeah, I'll have the fire-grilled Squash and buttered mashed potatoes." Rainbow said to him. The waiter scribbled down the order on his small notepad.

"And for you, sir?" He asked Steel. Steel studied his menu for a few more seconds and looked up at the waiter.

"I suppose I'll have the Baked Potato with a side salad." Steel said. The waiter nodded again.

"Very good, sir. What sauce did you want on the salad?" The waiter asked.

"Caesar is fine, really." He responded. The waiter turned and took the order note to the kitchen. Rainbow took the wine and poured it into the glass. When she was finished, Steel took it and poured himself some. They both took a sip and marveled at the great taste.

"That's really good." Rainbow said, taking a moment to bask in the taste just a small amount of time longer. Steel shrugged.

"It's not the best, but it's not bad by any means." Steel responded. Rainbow nodded.

"True. I could be wrong because I don't drink that much wine." She said with a small smile.

"This really has been a long time coming, hasn't it?" Steel said to her.

"Oh, please. You're flirting was so obvious, Pinkie could pretty much taste it in the air." Rainbow retorted. Steel laughed.

"I was flirting? You're the one who couldn't stay away from me. Remember, it was your idea to take me along on that karaoke night." He said.

"Yeah, and as a result, you were cemented in a group that genuinely cares about you. You're welcome." Steel nodded his head at this statement.

"Can't argue with that." He said. "All of you girls and Spike are some of the best friends I have ever had. I really do appreciate how accepting of me you all have been." Rainbow smiled.

"Well, you shouldn't be suprised that you're so good at making friends. You're just a very likeable pony." Rainbow said to him. Steel raised his glass and nodded.

"Thank you. That means a lot." He said to her. She nodded and clinked her glass against his. They both drank and sat looking at each other for a second. Rainbow couldn't help but marvel at Steel's appearance, and Steel could barely take his eyes off of the rainbow-maned mare before him.

"Hey, uh, Rainbow..." He said, earning the Pegasus' attention. "I need to tell you something...it's really important." Rainbow nodded.

"Okay." She said. "Shoot."

"It's really difficult to say, and it's gonna sound really crazy...Really really crazy." He said. "I'm...a vampire." Rainbow looked at him.

"Uhhh...what?" She said.

"I'm a vampire." Steel said. "I have been for nearly two-hundred years..."

"You're a vampire?" Rainbow said, her tone dropping to deadpan.

"Yes." He responded. They were both quiet. Rainbow suddenly began to laugh. The laugh escalated to a full blown crack-up. She laughed for about fifteen seconds before she caught her breath.

"Oh, Goddesses, you're a bad actor." She said, still half giggling. Steel looked at her and laughed himself.

"Yeah...I thought I could get you with that. You're a smart Pegasus." He said. Rainbow bowed her head.

"So..." Rainbow started again. "You've noticed the way Rarity looks at you, right?" Steel nearly fell back in his chair at the mention of their white unicorn friend. He thought about what do say, whether he should tell her about the conversation he had with Rarity at her boutique or to play dumb. He decided to go between the two.

"No, not really." He responded. "I mean, she's my friend as well as yours, so she looks at me sometimes, but I don't think it's in a romantic sense." Rainbow nodded and took another sip of her wine. "But, I'll tell you something." Rainbow looked at him and nodded.

"Yeah?"

"I was helping her move some supplies for a dress order into her boutique quite a while ago and when I asked about you, she talked about how you can be a little stubborn and self absorbed," Rainbow huffed and furrowed her brow. 'Oh, yeah, that sounds like Rarity.' She thought. "but when it came down to it, you are one of the greatest mares she knows and that you are a phenominal friend. That you would die for your friends and you care about them deeply. That you stop at nothing to defend them when they need protection, or comfort them when they're hurt. I have seen this for myself, Rainbow, and I could not agree more." These words struck a chord in Rainbow Dash. She began to tear up slightly. She quickly wiped her eyes and smiled.

"That's really..." She struggled for a word to finish her sentence. 'Awesome' could work, but it didn't seem sincere enough. Finally she broke and said- "sweet. That's really sweet." Steel smiled. At this moment, the waiter had brought their food to them and placed it in front of them. Rainbow couldn't help but sniffle. The words that she had just heard touched her heart in a way that hadn't happened in quite a long time.

"Haven't heard you say that word, before, Rainbow. Don't tell me that you're getting sappy on me already. This is our first date."

"It's not our first, remember?" She said, half-lidding her eyes and smiling at him. Steel tilted his head slightly and smiled at her. "And who're you calling sappy?" As she said this, she picked up a peice of squash and threw it at Steel, it landing square on his nose. She laughed. "Hey, uh, Steel...You got something right there..." She pointed to his nose and laughed again.

"Oh, you just went and started something you can't finish, kid!" Steel said to her. He grabbed a small peice of his salad and threw it at Rainbow. She dodged it, however and the peice hit a mare who was eating with her friend who had her head turned. She gasped and turned to face her friend. Steel's eyes widened heavily and he put his head down on the table.

"What the hay, Jade?" She said to her friend.

"I didn't-" Her friend began, but was interrupted by a chopped tomato in her face. The table next to them got the idea and began throwing food as well. A peice of lettuce hit a pony across the restaurant and food started being thrown over there as well.

"Food fight!" A foal yelled from across the restaurant. Steel's head was still down on the table, and Rainbow Dash took this oppurtunity to plant a huge glob of mashed potatoes onto the back of Steel's head. She howled with laughter as Steel took his baked potato and threw it into her mane. After a period no longer than thirty seconds, nearly the entire restaurant was engaged in a massive food fight. Those who were not partaking were taking cover under their tables. Steel looked around at the chaos surrounding him.

"What are the bucking chances?!" He yelled happily as he dodged a banana. He and rainbow each took their plates and went back to back, using them as shields.

"I know! These ponies know how to have fun!" Rainbow responded as she blocked a peice of cake with her plate. They both continued dodging different foods. Steel looked over toward the front of the restaurant. The manager dialed a fimiliar three digit code into the phone and began to speak frantically into the receiver.

"The police are gonna be here soon! We need to leave now." Steel said to her. She nodded.

"Yeah! On the count of three, we rush toward that exit over there!" She said as she pointed toward the back exit of the eatery.

"One..." Steel said.

"Twothree!" Rainbow quickly finished the countdown. They both put their plates back down on the table and ran for the exit. Rainbow opened the door to leave when she was interrupted by a hoof on her shoulder.

"Wait!" Steel yelled.

"What?!" Rainbow yelled back.

"I have to pay for the food!" Steel said. He hurried back to the table and threw down a bag of 35 bits. He ran back to the door, but not before taking a cupcake to the side. The sun had hidden behind a group of clouds for the time being, putting a slightly darker hue on everthing they saw. They both ran out and away from the restaurant. After they got a good distance away, they stopped and laughed until their sides hurt.

"Oh, my Godesses! What the hay was that?!" Rainbow said, still hysterically chuckling.

"I don't know. I guess not everypony in Canterlot is as stuffy and self-absorbed as ponies say. I'll tell you one thing, that waiter is going to get a heck of a tip." They both laughed again as they began walking.

"We have to get this food washed off. But where?" Rainbow said. Steel shrugged as they continued to walk for a while, earning strange looks from Canterlot's usual inhabitants.

"What savages..." Rainbow heard one mare with an outrageous hat say. She thought she felt a vein pop in her forehead. She pivoted to face the mare behind her.

"You think I can't hear you, cow?!" Rainbow said angrily. She walked up to the mare, who was a unicorn, looking her straight in the eyes. The mare laughed, but couldn't lose the nervous expression on her face.

"Who do you think you are, judging me and my friend here?"

"What exactly do you think you're going to do?" The mare said. "You'll be arrested if you harm me physically, I assure you..." The unicorn got more and more nervous the closer Rainbow got to her.

"Are you sure you want to find out what would happen? Then call me a savage again. Do it." The mare inhaled to say something, earining a glare from the fiery rainbow pegasus. The mare scoffed and started to walk around Rainbow. When Rainbow started to follow her, the mare began to walk very quickly. Steel sat back, an impressed expression on his face. He smiled and looked at his date. She stood in front of him and smirked.

"If you don't let 'em know who's boss, they'll walk all over you." She said. Steel nodded his head.

"Come on. Let's go find someplace to wash this food off." He said to her. She nodded and they continued for three blocks before they both heard the sound of running water and foals laughing and playing. They followed the sounds until they came to a massive square. At the center, there was a massive fountain that shot into the air and down into the center. Many ponies, mostly foals played and relaxed in the falling water. Rainbow and Steel looked at each other and smiled. They walked into the water and Rainbow almost immediately shrank back with a loud exclaimation of terror.

"Goddesses!!! That water's like ice!" She yelled. Steel laughed as he entered the water without any kind of flinching or recoil. Her reached out and grabbed the mare and pulled her into the water. Rainbow yelled again and shrunk down. The cool Fall air did nothing to help. Steel just laughed harder and pulled Rainbow into a close hug. She laughed too and looked up at him. He was looking down at her and smiling with adoration. She stood there, nearly hypnotized by his eyes. Then, as quickly as he had pulled her in, he let go and ran further into the fountain, laughing again.

"Hey!" Rainbow exclaimed, her mane matting down onto her face. "Come back here!" She chased him into the fountain and caught up to him. She tackled him and they both rolled around on the ground, playfully wrestling. It ended with Rainbow pinning Steel to the ground. She smiled down at him, blushing heavily, despite the freezing water running down her face at the moment. Steel winked at her. 'Buck it.' Rainbow thought to herself. 'This has been a long time coming.' She began to lean down, inching her face closer to Steel's. Her blush still present, her eyes closed. Steel closed his eyes as well, ready for what was most surely coming at this point.

"Are you guys gonna kiss?" Said a high, foallike voice. Both of their eyes shot open quickly. They both realized what a compromising position they were in, especially in front of this many foals. "Gross." The second foal next to them said. Rainbow immediately shot off of him.

"I don't know what you're talking about, kid." She said, her wings, once flared out powerfully now folded neatly at her sides. "We were just wrestling." Steel stood up as well.

"Yeah, wrestling." He added.

"Then why were both of your eyes' closed?" Said a second foal, next to the first one.

"Well, water was in my eyes." Rainbow said. Steel nodded.

"Yeah, me too." He said. The foals looked at the two lying, lovesick ponies incredulously.

"Fine..." Said the first foal. They both left to go play some more. Rainbow looked at Steel, who was smirking more than he ever had.

"Smooth." He said to her. She pushed him and giggled.

"I didn't hear you come up with anything, smart one." She said. She realized that Steel had no food on his body anymore. She checked herself and looked at him. "Is there any more food on me?" He looked at her and shook his head. "Well, then, let's get out of here."

"Fine by me." He responded. They both exited the water and shook the water out of their manes, tails and coats. Rainbow Dash's mane fell perfectly into place. Steel marveled at how good she looked, even after being completely soaked in water. She looked at him and smiled. Steel nearly keeled over at the outrageously attractive mare before him.

"So..." Rainbow said, still blushing slightly. "We still haven't eaten yet."

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The date lasted another hour. They managed to get into a nice, small restaurant and place their orders. After a good quality meal, they went for a walk through the city, seeing several sights, such as a group of marvelous street performers, doing things earth ponies should not be capable of, the Princesses' Castle, which was always a sight to behold and a fight between two stallions over who's wife was the better mare. Steel and Rainbow, after an incredibly interesting afternoon in Canterlot, moved back to the train station and boarded the train back to Ponyville. They both sat on the same side, Rainbow's head leaning down on Steel's shoulder. She smiled up at him.

"Best. Date. Ever." She said contentedly. Steel chuckled.

"Agreed. I never thought I could have so much fun in the span of one day." Steel said. "If I was with anypony else today, I probably wouldn't have." Rainbow giggled slightly and snuggled into Steel's shoulder. They both sat there in comfortable silence for about ten minutes.

"So, Rainbow, how was-" Steel started, looking down as he said this. He stopped, seeing that his date was asleep peacefully. He smiled and kissed the top of her head and settled into the seat, taking care not to wake up the sleeping mare. The train ride went by for what seemed like half a day, endlessly moving to their destination. Finally, the train squealed to a halt outside the Ponyville train station. Steel gently nudged Rainbow, waking her up.

"We're back, Rainbow. Come on, let's get out of here." He said. Rainbow yawned and nodded, standing up to leave. They exited the train to meet the intense light of sunset. Steel flinched slightly, attracting the attention of Rainbow Dash.

"Hey, are you alright?" She asked him. He nodded.

"Oh yeah. I just have a stitch in my side from the ride back." Rainbow giggled slightly nervously.

"Yeah...sorry I fell asleep on you. I was just so comfortable." She said.

"Rainbow, you falling asleep on my shoulder was the absolute right thing to do." He smiled at her as they turned to leave the train station. They walked onto a field between the station and Ponyville, looking upon the small town.

"Well, I would offer to walk you home, but you kind of live in the sky." Steel said. Rainbow giggled.

"That's okay. I'll walk you home." Rainbow said to him, heading toward Ponyville. They continued through the field, their bodies pressed against each other's affectionately. The sun sinking lower and lower, relieving Princess Celestia of her duty and giving way to Princess Luna's moon. Steel looked down at Rainbow.

"Y'know..." He said. Rainbow looked up at him. "I have felt a spark betwen the two of us since the night of my welcoming party. And ever since then, it has grown stronger and stronger. On this date, I felt that spark turn into a fire. I have feelings, for you Rainbow. I feel like we're both supposed to be here right now." He said to her. She nodded.

"I know, Steel. I've known for a while." She said as the continued to walk. Suddenly, Steel placed a kiss on her cheek, suprising Rainbow slightly. She then smiled as she stopped walking and looked into his eyes.

"Steel?" She said.

"Yes?" He responded. Her face got very close to his, her eyes never breaking contact with his.

"You missed your mark by a few inches." She immediately slammed her lips onto his in a full blown kiss. They stood there, liplocked for a while before Rainbow broke the kiss. She immediately pushed herself into him for another. She moaned into the kiss, having wanted this for so long. Steel wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her closer to him. His tongue barely brushed along her bottom lip. Rainbow took this as a sign and opened her mouth, allowing Steel's tongue entrance. Their tongues wrestled with each other, brushing inside the other's mouth. After about thirty seconds, they broke the kiss. Luna's moon was now hanging in the skies, illuminating hundreds of thousands of stars. But the two ponies standing in the field were not focused on the skies. They were focused on each other, their eyes still never breaking contact. Steel's bright red irises, reflecting the moon's light. Steel nuzzled Rainbow's forehead. She, in turn nuzzled under his neck.

"Wow..." She said, nearly breathless.

"Ditto." Steel said. They both turned back into the direction of Ponyville. They both continued walking for a while. As they reached the outskirts of Ponyville, they came across a gaunt stallion, walking through the field, away from Ponyville. Steel nodded at him as they passed. The stallion nodded back. Rainbow and Steel continued to walk in the direction of Ponyville when suddenly, Steel felt Rainbow's presence leave his side, accompanied by a shout from her.

"Rainbow?!" He exclaimed, turning quickly to see the stallion they had just passed, holding Rainbow in a headlock, restraining her. She was fighting and struggling with all her strength, but the thin stallion was a lot stronger than he looked. He looked Steel in the eyes.

"Your bits...give 'em all to me, or I break her neck." The stallion said. Steel felt a surge of anger as the assailant said this.

"I have already spent all of the bits I had on me in Canterlot." Steel said. "Just let her go, and we'll forget about this."

"Oh, well in that case..." The stallion said, moving to let Rainbow go, giving slack in his front legs, softening his grip. Steel's stomach lept as he walked toward her. "BAM!" The stallion yelled as he immediately pulled Rainbow back into his brutal grip. He laughed evilly and made perverted kissing noises in her ear.

"Get off me!" She yelled as she elbowed him in the face and bucked his shin. He exclaimed in pain, but his grip never slackened. He reared his hoof back and punched Rainbow in the back of the head, hard. The light faded from her eyes as she went limp in his hooves. A trickle of blood flowed down her forehead.

"Rainbow!" Steel screamed. Veins bulged under his skin from anger.

"Now, I don't believe you." The assailant said to him. "Give me all your bits." Rainbow's eyes fluttered open as she slowly became aware of her surroundings again. "Ah, look! She's alive." He said. "Now, give me every bit you have, and it'll be a happy ending for everypony."

"I don't have any bits, I assure you." Steel said in a low, angered voice. "But I will promise you something."

"Oh, yeah?" He responded. "And what exactly is that?" Steel began trembling with rage.

"If you don't let her go in three seconds...I'll break your neck." The stallion let out a guffaw.

"Oh, puh-lease!" He said. He looked at Steel, and lost all of his confidence. Steel was changing. His muscles were bulging under his skin, pressing the veins into complete visibility. He began to grow taller, and his eyes had turned pure red. Steel's teeth grew into razor-sharp fangs, glistening in the moonlight. Before Rainbow and her attacker stood a hulking beast, breathing heavily.

"Steel?" Rainbow said, her voice low with terror.

"One..." Steel said, his voice deeper and more beastlike than usual. Suddenly, his corporeal form transformed into a flock of bats, they all flew in separate directions. The stallion was trembling now, whimpering to himself. Rainbow just stood, paralyzed in fear.

"Two..." Came a disembodied voice. Steel was nowhere to be seen. The stallion gasped quietly.

"Stay away!" He said. "Or she dies!" Extremely quickly, the flock of bats came behind the attacker and materialized into Steel Anvil.

"Three." He whispered in the stallion's ear before he shot a hoof into the middle of the attacker's back. A sickening crack was heard as he immediately let go of Rainbow as his spine broke in half. Rainbow immediately turned around to see what was happening. She fell back onto her flank and watched in horror. The stallion screamed in pure agony, tears streaming from his eyes and blood flowing from the edges of his mouth. Steel grabbed the stallion's head in his hooves as the attacker screamed himself hoarse. In a single quick, smooth motion, Steel snapped the stallion's head to the side, snappind his neck with a nasty series of crackling noises. The attacker's eyes rolled up in their sockets and his tongue fell from his mouth as his corpse fell to the ground, contorted like some kind of sick sculpture. The hulking beast standing over body immediately shifted down into Steel's previous form. He looked dazed and oblivious. He looked at Rainbow, on the ground, trembling in fear.

"Rainbow!" He exclaimed. "Are you okay?!" As he began to walk forward to check on her, his hoof hit the corpse below him. He looked down at it and shrunk back in pure horror, as he realized what he had done.

"No..." He said, his voice trembling. "Oh, Goddesses, please no!" He screamed. Rainbow Dash stood and ran in the opposite direction.

"Rainbow!" He yelled. He immediately gave chase, catching up to her barely as she had begun to start flying. He pulled her into a hug as she began to fight. She yelled as she threw punches at his face. He took every punch, each blow bruising his face, but he still held her. After she had fought for thirty seconds, Steel held her even closer in a tight embrace.

"Rainbow, for the love of Celestia, please stop!" Rainbow felt tears hitting the top of her head. What was strange was that Steel didn't sound like he was crying. "I would never hurt you. I would die before I hurt you." She looked up into his eyes tears were indeed flowing down his cheeks. At that moment, he gave her a tender kiss on the lips and stroked her mane. She realized that Steel was not going to harm her. She stopped fighting and collapsed into him. He held her as she sobbed, both from her previous experience with the assailant, and the massive fright she had just gone through. They both collapsed on the ground, holding each other, Rainbow's face pressed into his chest. His head resting on top of hers. Like this they layed for five minutes. Rainbow calmed down and looked up at him.

"Are you going to hurt my friends?" She said, her voice now calm but still slightly shaky.

"Rainbow, I have been Ponyville for almost two months. If I wanted to hurt you or anypony else we know, I would have done it already. I care for you and our friends deeply." He kissed her forehead. "What you saw back there, was not truly me. It was a manifestation of my emotions. When my emotions become too strong, they take control of me and turn me into...that. When he knocked you unconsious, I broke. Seeing you in his arms like that...." His voice broke, showing finally that he really was crying. "What I did back there was only in protection of you...I thought you were dead..." He pulled her closer, embracing her. His tears wetting her shoulder. She hugged him. They both sat there for another ten minutes, eventually laying down against each other, Rainbow laying her head on top of his. They were both now completely in control of themselves.

"You weren't acting, were you?" She said to him.

"How's that?" Steel asked her.

"At the restaurant...You really are a vampire, aren't you?" She said.

"Yeah."

"That's why you wanted to sit in the shade at Sugarcube Corner. That's why you beat me so easliy in the race after the party. That's why you fainted in the race at the picnic...you're a...vampire..." He moved his head up and looked at her in the eyes. His red irises now made sense to Rainbow.

"Yes...all of that is true." He responded. "I have been living with this curse for a long, long time. I am dead...but I can't die. My heart doesn't beat. Food tastes like nothing to me and gives me no sustenance. Water doesn't quench my thirst...I'm forced live off of blood."

"Who do you..." Rainbow said with a small gulp. "feed on?" Rainbow asked, putting a hoof to her neck, feeling for any bite marks.

"Not ponies." Steel said. "A vampire can stay inactive for years without blood. But, when I can, I go into the Everfree Forest to find a sleeping animal. I feed on it and leave it alone. They rarely wake up." Rainbow nodded.

"I can't die, Rainbow..." Steel said to her. "I am immortal. I have been for one hundred and seventy-two years. And I was foolish to fall for you. It was a selfish decision on my part. If you don't want to be with me, or if you want me to leave Ponyville...I will understand." Rainbow immediately shot a look at him. She kissed him on the lips and wrapped her arms around him.

"I don't regret falling for you at all." Rainbow said to him. "And if you leave Ponyville, I will never stop looking until I find you." Steel smiled and nuzzled Rainbow's cheek. Rainbow smiled as well. He stood up, as did Rainbow. They walked into Ponyville, back to the forge. They stood outside.

"We still have one problem." Steel said to her.

"What is that?" She said to him.

"There's still a corpse out there." He said to her. "Should I turn myself in?"

"No." Rainbow said to him. "Not yet, at least...let them find it and say what they will. They have no way of knowing that it was you." Steel nodded. He kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight." Steel said to her. He turned to go into the building as he was interrupted.

"Wait..." Rainbow said. Steel turned to face her. "Let me stay here tonight...I don't want you to leave me."

"Are you sure?" Steel asked. She nodded. He let her into the building and shut the door behind them. They both climbed into his bed and Steel held her in his arms. She kissed him as she closed her eyes to fall asleep. Steel Anvil could not fall asleep, but with Rainbow Dash in his arms, this was the most peaceful he had felt in a long time.

Obligatory End-of-Chapter Author's Note: Alright, six chapters in and I'm feeling good about this story. And now you all know Steel's big secret. He's a VAMPIRE!!! (I know, cliche, right?) It's funny because I actually got the inspiration to write this story by reading the classic Dracula by Bram Stoker. (Masterpeice.) So I made Steel's vampirism as close to Dracula's as I could. I really would appreciate a comment on what you think of the story so far. Peace, guys.