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// Vampony 
// Story: Beasts and Beings - Stories of Equestria's Inhabitants 
// by Strongbolt Stonewing 
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	A Vampire Pony, or Vampony for short, is a pony with blood-sucking tendencies and a dangerous nature.

Well, some are.

Vamponies are created in one of two ways, the first is through natural birth-

When a daddy Vampony and a mommy Vampony-

I think they understand!

Oh, right.

The second is through being bitten by another Vampony.

Although they do have a strong taste for blood, they will occasionally infect other ponies with vampirism instead of, well, eating them.

Usually, when a pony becomes a Vampony, they go into a trance-like state and forget everything about their previous life, turning them into mindless, hungry monsters. Rarely, a pony will survive the transformation with its memories and mental well-being intact. These Vamponies are just like us, except they have a constant craving for blood, can't step out into sunlight and are forced to walk the earth for all eternity. Unless they are killed.

Gee, Shiera, it's all sunshine and smiles with you, eh?

It's quite sad really. They are very poorly misunderstood, but nonetheless dangerous, beings.

In terms of appearance, a Vampony will have much paler, danker and more ruffled fur, its teeth become razor-sharp and its irises turns a bright red colour. If the Vampony is a Pegasus, their wings will become bat-like.

You should never approach a Vampony unarmed, especially a mindless one. Don't get me wrong, some are quite pleasant. We met a lovely young Vampony called Valerie in Baltimare.

Yeah, it's too bad they kind of exiled her and chased her out with pitch forks.

Yeah. But hey, she has a much better life now.

However, that's another story.

Indeed. The other time we met Vamponies was at the excavation site near the Drach Caves. A team of miners stumbled upon an underground Vampony nest and neither side were particularly happy about it.

In the end, we managed to settle things. With a bit of 'persuasion'.

Is that what you call your brick now?

No, his name is Steven.

*Facehooves*

Anyhow, Vamponies are a bit of a touchy subject. While they are quite demonic, they can be kind-hearted.

Some Vamponies try to balance their blood addictions by eating sugar, others... don't.

But they do end up with some serious fang aches at the end of the day.