//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Blue Stallion (REDONE SUCKA!) // Story: A New Starting Point // by Lunar Flarion //------------------------------// The Light purple castle was quiet, the moon was bright in the sky as the royal vampony family got ready for bed, well almost. A young vampony mare sits at the top of a balcony leading to her bedroom. Her name is Prim Bite, the youngest of the three vampony sisters in their families Kingdom. Her coat was a light grey, her mane the shade of amethyst. She had wings like that of a thestral since she was a vampony, but where other vamponies, such as her family, had red eyes hers were a dark pink. This separates her from all other vamponies in the kingdom. Believing this difference made her look out of place she never had any friends, despite being royalty. She looked off into the night, she has seen it a thousand times over, because the sun never shines here, it hurts her kind so they always live in darkness. Sometimes light darkness, for which it is morning, and regular darkness, which meant night time. She wondered about things, like if she would ever make friends, now do not get her wrong, she’s playful, caring, and all in all a sweet mare, but she does get shy sometimes around new ponies. All of this was about to change. Prim’s attention to the night sky was broken by the light of an unknown object appearing in the center of the maze. It’s radius spread into a small area, then slowly started to fade away, as if it was losing power. Two urges struck Prim at the same time. One told her to investigate, the other warning that whatever it is, it could be dangerous. Her mind, heart, and very soul was arguing for a decision, but, her curiosity from her heart and mind won out. She unfolded her wings and took to the sky, aiming for the middle of the cold maze. The cold wind of winter pushed past her, yet didn’t slow her down. Her mind was dead set on finding what could have made such a powerful light. Each second she could feel her heart beat faster, as if the thing she found was going to change the whole world for her. As she now felt her heart pounding her chest, as if begging to escape, she landed. Being a vampony, a descendant of bat ponies, she had night vision, and what she saw made her blood run cold, and a freezing chill run up her very spine. Laying in the middle of the middle of the maze was a blue stallion, his mane was dark blue, had a dark grey to black strip running down the middle of it, and was very messy. As if on impulse, her body lurched forward, trying to get to the stallion. As she covered the distance, she wondered aloud,” What are you doing out here, sir?” No response, her jogging pace slightly quicked at that. She assumed the worst of many situations if they had a variety of endings to it that is. And, like that, she assumed the stallion was dead, cold and gone. She skidded to a stop as she was now hovering over him. Her eyes darted back and forth, trying to see any signs that this stallion was alive, or if he was truly dead. With barely any training in medical practices, she put her ear to the stallion's chest. ... ... ... Ba-bum Ba-bum Ba-bum Prim let out a sigh of relief, the stallion, as she thought previously, was not dead. Yet, that didn’t stop her from checking for any form of injuries. “Squeak!” Prim, well, squeaked upon finding a large, dark hole in the stallion’s skull. The hole itself looked as if it had swallowed the stallion’s left ear. Fearing that she may scream, she looked away to recover from the sight. When she did, she knew that she had to get him to the medical room in the castle. But, the only way to do this was to pick him up. Prim looked down at the stallion, trying her best to ignore the hole, and wondered if she could pick up a stallion twice her size. ‘You’re going to need to try at least! He needs your help!’ Her mind roared. With the realization that if she didn’t help he could die, she grabbed the stallion’s hoof with her mouth and began to position him to get him on her back. ... After she managed to get the stallion on her back (After many of fails) she soon began to track her way out of the maze. The exit was easily found, for she knew every inch of this maze ever since she was a filly. She soon ran out of the maze, breathing heavily, as she never needed to run this much before. She wasn’t sure, however, if she was glad the stallion weighed next to nothing or not. So, she tried to think about other things,’Like how tonight is a lovely night to find a DYING STALLION!’ She flinched slightly, which caused the stallion to slide slightly off her back. Luckily, there weren’t any guards at the entrance, giving her the ability to run inside without being stopped. However, sompony she knew would come to her rescue in helping the stallion. ... Midnight had had better nights, even the where sleeping was hard were better than tonight. Tonight she had a feeling that something wasn’t right, that something didn’t make any sense. She tried to think of reasons why today was so off-putting, but nothing came to mind. However, one thought helped comfort her. ‘I wonder if Nights awake?’ She questioned. Night Blossom was the second oldest sister of the three, her mane was a dark purple with a strand of red on the right side of her mane, and her fur was a greyish purple, and she was simply a unicorn. Midnight, on the other hoof, had a light red mane with a slightly darker greyish fur. She turned to head to Nights room but had stopped as she heard the sound of hoof steps outside the door next to her. *SLAM!* The doors burst open, sending Midnight backward slightly and into a defensive stance. But once more was pushed back, this time on her rump from her little sister Prim Bite. Prim had barreled into Midnight’s chest, causing both mares to fall down, and the stallion that was on Prim’s back fell onto the floor on his side. Prim shook her head and removed her head that had been forcefully placed on Midnight’s shoulder. Prim recovered quickly, she now looked straight into her sister's eyes, in a worried and stern tone she said,” M-Midnight! I- um! AUGH! I need help, this stallion,” she pointed to him, ”He needs help!” “G-geez! Alright! You go get mom, dad, and Night, I’ll take him to the hospital room.” Prim nodded and ran off to fetch their family, Midnight looked down at the stallion, then walked over and to put him on her back. ... Midnight entered the required medical room, her mind blank, as she orders the doctors to bandage up the stallion. If she didn’t feel his heartbeat, she would’ve brought him here to be prepared for the morgue, his weight, the gash in his side, and other wounds she found really made her wonder if he really was still alive. But, his heartbeat told her that he was, at least, breathing. ‘What is he?’ She wondered, several things pointed to him being anything but a vampony, his height, his apparent ability to survive a head wound that deadly, and the fact that he should’ve staved to death long ago. Once more, her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of more hoof steps walking towards the door. She got to her hooves and walked closer to the door, waiting for it to open. And as fate had it, the door opened and four familiar faces popped in, Night Blossom, Prim Bite, Blood Moon(Her father), and Honey Glow(Her mother). Blood Moon was a tall, dark red furred, light grey maned, stallion and king of the Kingdom. Honey Glow was a regularly sized mare who had light grey fur and a light purple mane, many ponies say she was as sweet(nice) as honey itself. Her father said nothing as he went straight for the stallion laying down in the bed. Honey Glow had apparently been talking with Prim on the way here. “Prim sweetie, are you sure he isn’t... gone?” “I don’t think so mom, he seems alive to me!” “Well, we can only hope he is okay...” The two continued but Midnight had stopped listening to them as she walked over to her father. He sat next to the bed, muttering something to himself as he looked down at the stallion. “What is it?” Midnight asked as she sat down next to her father. “’It’ is a he, and from what I can tell, he isn’t a vampony...” Blood Moon replied as he glances at Midnight. “WHAT!?” Midnight shouted. Her shout grabbed the attention of everypony within the room. Midnight flinched slightly at her own yell, glancing around the room to see if anypony outside had heard her and rushed in. To her luck, that wasn’t the case, but to her dismay, she had not only broke focus and yelled, but she had also gained the attention of anything within a mile radius. “Uhh, Midnight is something wrong?” Night asked, walking over to her. Seconds later, both Honey Glow and Prim walked over to the side of the bed, and the doctors went back to work, ignoring the random outburst. “Well, since you are gathered here, I believe I should tell you what I said to Midnight,” Blood Moon responded, his voice low and steady,” This stallion isn’t of this world, he isn’t a vampony...” Night’s mouth dropped down, her eyes the size of dinner plates as she stared down at the stallion in question. Prim looked rather confused, and so did Honey Glow. “B-but how?!” Night whispered loudly, glancing between her father and the stallion. “W-well he did just poof into the center of the maze...” Prim said, her wings fluttering thoughtfully as she put a hoof to her chin. “W-well, is he ever going to wake up?” Midnight asked, glancing at the stallion for a few seconds. “Maybe... I do want to try something though...” Blood Moon said, turning to Prim Bite. With a calm voice, he spoke,” Prim, I want to see if you can make him a vampony, I want to give you the honors of doing such a thing because you found him and want to help him.” “R-really?” Prim asked, not sure if she was more shocked or excited. “Of course, sweetie!” Her mother mused, giving her a soft smile,” You deserve to do the honors!” Prim took a minute to compose herself from the news. Finally, after a few seconds, she walked around to the left side of the stallion and found the perfect place to bite. Slowly and softly, she lowered her fangs into the stallion's neck. Once the fangs broke through, a sweet and spicy tasting blood began to pour into Prim’s mouth. Prim pulled out her fangs after a few seconds and licked her lips happily. She tried to hide a small coo as she stated,” That was nice!” “Well... I think it is time for you girls to head off to bed right now, we will see if this stallion wakes up in the morning,” Thier father said calmly as he began to rise from his sitting position. “Yeah, dads right, I’ll see you gals in the mornin’,” Midnight said as she headed towards the exit. Night gave a loud yawn, stating softly,” Yeah, I’m goin’ as well, I was havin’ a nice dream too!” “I-is it okay if I can stay here and watch over him?” Prim asked softly when her parents looked over at her. “A-are you sure, Prim?” Her mother asked softly. “Y-yeah, if he does wake up, I want him to see a friendly face!” Prim replied, giving a toothy grin to emphasize her point. “A-alright, if you think you can handle it,” her mother replied softly. She walked over and kissed Prim on the forehead. As Honey Glow and Blood Monn were leaving, Prim had sat up a chair next to their guest, waiting for him to wake up. ... “That is the stallion from my dream...” Blood Moon broke the silence. “A-are you sure? The dream you told me about did say he was going to be a non-vampony!” Honey Glow replied, looking back in a worried glance. “Yes, I am quite sure... let us not be too quick to judge, he may be the stallion to help with Prim Bite’s problem...” “Dear, it is not a problem, she just has a hard time flirting!” *Sigh* “I guess you’re right...” In the morning, something will happen...