Hayseed: The Origin of the Dark Mage Knight Alucard

Episode 2: All hail the Queen

“Queen Faust is mentioned in the series?!” Rarity nearly screamed. “Twilight that makes no sense what so ever. That would mean Lady Faust, The Mother Mare, the very first Alicorn, and mother to both my mother and aunt, had involvement with Dracula himself?!” Alex asked Twilight enraged. “Yes, I know it sounds crazy but it’s true. According to Volume 2 of Hunting Dawn Dracula’s lover was and I quote, “A mare that was quite close to the Queen herself along with her personal Knight.” Unquote.” Rainbow then landed and asked the most important question of them all. “Then why is Alucard so upset about these books?” Everyone thought on it before looking to each other in shock.

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Opening Theme: Dancing in the Velvet Moon (From Rosario + Vampire)
Disclaimer: I do not own the Music used for the Opening and Ending for each chapter of this small origin series they are owned by Nana Mizuki. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is owned by Hasbro and Miss Faust, along with her character the Mother Mare, Only characters I do own are as follows and will be expanded by Episode: Alucard the Dark Mage Knight, Prince Alicornian (Alex) the Mage Knight, Lady Dracula, and Abraham Van Hayseed. However I do not own the following: Queen Faust. Please Enjoy. –Bows.-

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Alucard laid on her bed, her armor put up for the night, looking at the pictures of the Royal Family and Dracula herself. “To call you a he… is quite a level of disrespect.” Alucard sighed as she turned back the clock in her mind remembering that last one to disrespect the Royal Guard. The Stallion was merely a rookie during that time yet he clearly had a large mouth. The foul language that would come out of that one’s mouth at that time. He deserved the buck to his mouth from her beloved.

-Flashback-

A big bold ruff looking white and black Stallion with an eye patch walked around the training yard spouting off yet again. “The battle field is no place for a Mare wench, nay, they deserve time in the kitchens, the wash, and even better the nightly quarters… oomph!” The Stallion fell at the hard buck from the Queen’s personal knight, the Celestial Guard, who wore armor of gold, silver, black trimmings. This Guard was none other than Lady Dracula herself. “Spout off again you cur and it be the hayfields for you! We are the Queen’s personal guard and to speak such a way shows ill favor to not just the ponies of our lands but to the Queen herself!” Dracula said looking down at the stallion. “Aye that may be true but who’s to say you don’t fancy the staff yourself?” The Stallion said standing back up. “Word around the yard you got a fancy for the squires, especially yours.” Dracula fumed at this and snorted. “My personal life be no concern of yours Captain. Now onto your duties before I bust your jaw harder than that of the enemy’s maces.”

The Stallion only smiled. “A nerve I see, must be a fine thing though being your also the Queen’s personal. Must be good to have such a…” Crack. Dracula’s Squire flinched at the sound of breaking bones, and hacked up broken and bloodied teeth. “Enough out of you! Someone go toss this cur in the fields and let the Queen know we have a need for a new plow!” Dracula ordered as she turned on her hooves with the Squire in tow. “Why did you do that my lady? They just be mere words.” The Squire said looking to her lady. “Know this my dear squire. There are many battles in this land for now both on and off the battlefields. Knowing the difference between the two can help aid or hinder one’s side. Words are weapons as well, know how to use them and they will be a weapon far more powerful than thy sword, magic, or wings.” Dracula than stopped and looked fondly to her squire. “And I dare not allow such cur to speak of my beloved squire.” The Squire smiled at this before leaning forward to gain a kiss from Dracula. “My lady.”

-End Flashback-

Alucard sighed remembering the kiss for her days as squire. She missed it, and she missed her beloved Dracula. Her Lady, her knight, her lover. Turning to her side she closed her four poster bed to get some much needed rest and to relieve herself of some fond nightly memories.

“There is no deigning it. She has to have been Dracula’s lover, she had to be the squire!” Twilight argued with the group. “Yet for that to be true she has to have been older or younger that mother herself. “ Alex argued back. “You have mentioned numerous times she is quite old fashioned dear.” Rarity added. “Well so is Applejack’s farm but that doesn’t mean they have a connection to the royal family as well.” Rainbow argued. “Hey now, no need to get into a tussle. And Rainbow you forget it was Granny Smith and her kin that started Ponyville with Celestia’s permission.” Applejack added in her defense, as well as Alucard’s. ”What if she’s like Princess Luna? Locked on the moon for a really, really, really, really, really, reeeeeeeaaaaaalllllly long time?” Pinkie Pie said bouncing in place.

“Pinkie may have a point Alex.” Twilight added in, “She did show up alongside Nightmare Moon.” Alex sighed at this. “The fake Nightmare Moon remember? For all we know she could be an adult from someplace we haven’t seen nor heard from in years let alone generations. For her to be that old she’d have to be an Alicorn, and I remember no record of an Alicorn with dragon like bat wings in our time.” Twilight sighed at this. “Okay, you have a point there but that’s only because most of the books we have only go so far back. We only know of the Mother Mare, Queen Faust, by knowing about Princess Celestia and she’s only mention in the history books so many times.”

Alex stepped forward at this. “Exactly my point. How are we sure the Queen is even connected to Alucard let alone that my possible Grandmother is even still alive? Only time she’s ever even fully talked about are in those books by Van Hayseed right?” Twilight nodded at this. “Well, um, why don’t we ask the princesses about her, if that’s okay I mean.” Fluttershy finally added in. Everyone blinked at her. “Why didn’t we think of that?” Rainbow said out loud.

Celestia was about to step down for the night and allow her sister to take her place on the night court till one of the guards and a mail pony came running into the audience chamber. “What is wrong my little ponies?” Celestia asked concerned. “Princess, this mare has come from the east with a message assigned to you. It holds a seal we are not familiar with and we worry it may be from another kingdom. The mare would not hand over the letter stating it was to go to you and you alone.” The guard reported. Celestia nodded at this and looked to the messenger mare. The mare looked familiar as she was tall, lean, all the way brown, and had a winged scroll on her flank. “I am Princess Celestia my little pony, you have a royal letter for me?”

The mare nodded and opened her mail bag with a single scroll sealed in wax with a black, gold, and silver sun and moon placed together. Celestia gasped as she quickly took the letter gently breaking the wax seal to keep it intact and read its contents quickly. “Guard go get the captain! Tell him to meet with me immediately.” The Guard saluted and ran off to inform the captain. “What is your name?” Celestia asked as she read the scroll once again. “Swift Wing ma’am, one of the fastest Pegasus in our lands.” The mare answered. “You truly deserve your reputation. When were you tasked for this letter?” Celestia asked worry on her face. “About three weeks ago Princess. I would have been here sooner if I did not run into a storm on the way here.” The mare reported. “You summoned me Princess?” Shining Armor said having returned last week from his honeymoon with his wife Princess Candence.

“Yes, gather your guards and post them all over the castle. Do not allow anyone other than your sister, her friends, and your own family through.” Shining blinked at this. “Why so many guards Princess? Are we to come under attack?” Celestia shook her head no. “Something more serious Shining. Luna and I’s mother is returning home!”

Alucard woke up sweating once again from a nightmare. A nightmare she wished she did not need to remember nor ever have again but, it had returned. That evil, vial, long hated nightmare was still there, haunting her, harming her, and possibly, slowly killing her. Sitting back up on her bed she cried, cried at the memory she so greatly wished she could forget.

-Flashback-

“Night-heart! Stay with me, please don’t leave me!” the young mare begged as she tried her best to stop the bleeding the gold incrusted arrow and made in her loves heart. A sadistic Stallion in a Regal white laughed as he loaded yet another arrow into his cross bow. “Fire Light…” Dracula said weakly. “Don’t worry my dear, she’s going to where her kind deserve, just as you will be soon. Tartarus has plenty of room for pale excuse for ponies, the land must be purified of your kind along with all the others who violate this land.” The Stallion said smiling insanely. “What have we ever done to you, or any of the others you defiled?” Fire Light asked looking to him. “Why that is simple my dear, you and her were born. As were the others. Those Pegasus and unicorns are just as worse as you. Stains in the great design. A disease that needs to be wiped out never to come forth again.”

Fire Light laid her love down and looked to the Stallion, the one who had hunted them for years and caused so much hate. The one who made them look like monsters, villains, murderers, when all they wanted was to live in peace. They were so close to Queen Faust’s castle and its walls someone had to have spotted them and heard this vial man. “You are nothing more and a… a… clan hater!” The Stallion shrugged. “So what if I am, there can only be one oddity in this word and that is the Queen for she is a goddess. She is pure and powerful while Pegasus and Unicorns are mere imitations. Yet your clan. You, Vamponies, are far worse. Seeking blood so you can stay young, youth-full, near immortal, and with powers that nearly rival the queen herself.”

Fire Light shook her head. “Lies! Those are lies you have crafted on us!” The stallion lifted his crossbow and aimed it right at her. “And so what if I did. It’s too late now. Say hello to the Gatekeeper for me!” The arrow flew and soon stuck her in the heart.

All had been black before she woke up in the arms of her lover. “Are we dead my love?” she asked. “No my love, I have saved you but at a cost. You must carry on my will my love, and seek justice on the one who has taken so many of our people to Tartarus with him. I haven’t much time my love, drink for this is the last gift I can give you.” Fire Light soon found a bitter yet tangy taste on her lips and tongue along with a rush of power… and lust.

The drink was more than she could bare as she slowly begun sucking allowing the drink to come to her in rivulets, guzzling and drinking to her fullest while enjoying the feel of pure pleasure run through her body, as her one white coat turned to a dark smoky gray and her forehead began to hurt and slowly bleed as a unicorn sized slowly spiraled out and grew, her mane and fetlock which were once pure black gained one blood red streak down the middle, and her flank glowed granting her a Cutie Mark of a bat with a sword and wand placed behind it. As soon the transformation was complete and she could draw no more from the drink she let if fall into her lap, dead. “No, oh my dear Queen, NO!”

-End Flashback-

Alucard cried as she remembered holding her now dead beloved in her hooves, the one who killed her allowed to walk away free and alive while she was left alone, newly imprisoned, and soon to be dead. Yet Queen Faust was fair to all those who came to her and granted her court as she once served her. The Queen was always kind, always just, and always generous. She soon looked up and saw it was now night once again, and she had a Princess to apologize to.

Alex and the girls left the bedroom and found the halls had now become heavily guarded with servants running everywhere. “What the hay is going on?” Rainbow asked taking flight with Fluttershy to stay out of the way of a set of galloping maids. “I’m not sure Dashie but I’m going to find out.” Alex said walking up to a guard. “You there, report. What is going on?” The guard coughed and soon spoke. “We have orders to secure the castle Prince Alex. We to not let anyone but you, Alucard, Twilight Sparkle, and her friends and family through, no one else without proper search.” This caused the small group to gasp. “Are we under attack?!” Alex demanded.

“No sir but our orders came straight from Captain Armor who gained them from your mother my Prince.” The Guard reported. “Then we will seek Captain Armor!” Alex said ready to run off with the girls. “No need your majesty.” A voice called from behind them. The group turned and Twilight lunged at the Stallion who spoke behind them giving him a big hug. “How’s it going Twili?” Shining said returning the hug. “Confusing actually.” Twilight answered till Alex step forward.

“Report Captain, what in mother’s name is going on here?” Shining released his sister and saluted. “Yes sir. As of now the castle is to be complete covered in guards and let no one other than my and Twili’s family and her friends inside. I’m not fully sure what the issue is but I’m not one to just go asking the Princess questions when there is orders to fulfill.” Alex sighed at this and nodded. “Very well Shining, mind leading us to my mother? We’re in need of asking her about somepony.” Shining nodded and led the way to Celestia’s chambers.

Breathing deeply to calm herself, now back in her armor, with sword to her back for the moment, and knocked on the solid cast iron doors. “Enter!” She heard from the other side. Sighing she pushed the doors open and stepped inside. “Alucard! We worried you may have disappeared once again.” Luna said using her wings to leave her bed. “I wish to apologize for my actions earlier Princess. I was… upset. I had no right to destroy those books.” Luna came over to her Mage Knight and dear friend from foal hood to banishment and finally now, and hugged her tightly. “We were only worried for our dearest of friends. One we have grown up with and see as another sister.” Alucard returned the hug and slowly cried. “I… I thank you princess. I… I… thank you.” Luna held her dear friend as she allowed her to cry and release more of her with-held torment.

-Flashback-

Fire Light, or Alucard as she now called herself in honor of her late love, entered the Audience Chamber of the current Castle inside the great forest in her current armor, a simple Stallion’s chest plate with grieves. She had no helmet nor gauntlets at this time for she currently did not need them nor could wear them. The Forest’s natural surroundings and wild monsters making it a perfect location for protection. Alucard bowed before her Queen and young Princess Celestia who was soon to take over. She was already two hundred years old yet with Alicorns aging far slower than normal ponies she was still no older that a foal. Alucard however had taken the blood during one battle with a pure black dragon having no choice but to end its life granting her newly formed bat like dragon wings a draconic aging yet with a minor cost that was controllable, greed and vengeance.

The greed was of no worry as most of the items her wanted was easily earned and just about as quickly used. She had already rid of the greed the day her Queen once again gave the kingdom a second foal, one who was currently in the basket beside her queen. It was the vengeance she currently had to deal with. Each time a book came to the kingdom that was written by Abraham Von Hayseed, she had used her newly obtained magic to burn and now was able to take pleasure in ripping the books apart by claw, as long as she could gallop to them since she had also gained the dragon’s ability to walk upright or bipedal.

These were just more side effects of the blood she drank, yet this did not matter now for her Queen had summoned her. “You summoned me?” Queen Faust did smiling down at her. “We have dear Alucard. We have a new duty for you to fulfill along with it a newly made title. Yet first, a gift.” The Queen soon tapped her hoof on throne and signaling a set of Stallion Blacksmiths to walk in with a newly made suit of black and silver armor along with a pure black sword. “For thy courage in battle and valor against a grander foe we present onto you this sword and armor made from the dragon’s own hide and fangs.” Alucard stood and slowly walked over to the armor examining it.

It was in a similar design as her beloved Dracula’s yet instead of her Cutie Mark gracing the armor, it was her own. “I do not know what to say your majesty. Thank you.” She said bowing to her. “We are pleased thou cherishes our gift. We have heard of your glorious battle to save the newly formed town of Manehattan against the dragon. We would not like to retell this tale before our foals.” The Queen said smiling down at her daughters. Alucard remembered the battle well.

She had been assigned to help train the new watch in the growing town when the Black Dragon had swooped over and destroyed a good portion of the town, injuring many innocent by standards and stealing a large amount of food and bits. After hearing from the Watch Trainees that this had been going on for over a year with no peaceful resolve Alucard opted to confront the dragon resulting an epic clash between Vampony and Dragon. At first the fight started with her breaking one of the spines on the back of the Dragon’s neck yet it had only caused the Dragon to become enraged and caused her to become pinned under one of its gigantic claws.

Luckily she had mastered the Unicorn Teleportation spell or she’d have been crushed. Alucard soon had to use most of the Watch’s swords to cut away at the dragons tough scales which protected it’s much softer skin, each swing of her sword causing sparks to fly till one of the scales would fall. Often she’d use the scale as a shield against the black dragon’s acidic or burning breath. Amazingly the dragon was a mixture of red and black dragon with Black Dragon being the dominate gene. Sadly sword do not last long against Dragons and had to once again rely on her Vampony abilities and fangs. Using her slightly enhanced strength she bucked the Dragon in the gut and neck but only gained cracked or broken scales. She then had to use her enhanced agility to dodge a few more bursts of fire yet still gained a good set of burns over her body and sadly has lost a good portion of her fetlocks and mane to the flames.

She then had no other choice but to rely on her quite limited amount of Unicorn Spells which she was still getting used to. A bolt here, a teleportation there, it was not enough but it was wearing the Dragon down and she soon had no choice but to feed and soon. This need had distracted her sadly and allowed the dragon to once again catch her under its massive claws and found a good portion of it was now exposed and quickly bit down causing the Dragon to scream in pain and rage before getting tossed above its head where she teleported and began stomping onto of its great head. Finally with one hard buck to one of its eyes the dragon fell and she was now able to see some of its exposed neck and quickly ran to it using the last of her magic to hold its neck down and demanded it leave.

Sadly it refused and threatened to turn the town and all in it to ash. She had no other choice but to end its life by biting into its exposed skin and ripping off chunk after bloody chunk till she could drink desperately at its blood feeling changes from the feed as well and soon bit into Its spine and with the last of her Vampony enhanced strength ripped a good portion out, killing it. Luckily none of the Watch saw the slaying but knew something had happened when she returned with a pair of bat like dragon wings and her front legs having gained claws.

“Alucard? Alucard are thou well?” Alucard looked to her Queen and flustered at having daydreamed while in court. “Yes, yes, your majesty. I am simply morning a great foe. This armor and sword will honor it’s great strength and power.” The Queen nodded smiling. “That it shall. Dress and we will speak to you of your new duties and title as Dark Mage Knight.”

-End Flashback-

Luna finally let go of her dear friend and sisterly figure. Alucard smiled at her remembering her newly sworn duty as a Dark Mage Knight. She was to protect Luna and the people of Equestria from any evil that may threaten it yet Luna was to be her top priority unless ordered by the Queen herself or her older sister to stand down. Sadly, she did not stand with Celestia during the time of Nightmare Moon as she felt the Princess was in her right yet did not know of her plans for eternal night. She thought of her as her dear Princess Luna and was fulfilling her sacred duty. “You are better now my Mage Knight?” Luna asked kindly. “Yes my Princess. Thank you I feel better now.” Alucard said returning a loving smile. “Good, you can come join us while we great our most wanted and desired guest!” Luna said nearly prancing out the door happily. “Who would that be my Princess?” Alucard asked. “Why our mother of course.” It was at this Alucard passed out.

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Ending: Cosmic Love (Rosario + Vampire)

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To be continued