Vamp Pinkie.
Part 8: Three Little Lambs and Pointy Fangs.
The storm that had gathered above Ponyville was in full destructive swing as the town battened down the hatches and all but six ponies and two vampires were safely indoors at home.
Three of the ponies were hurriedly searching Sweet Apple Acres and one of the vampires was desperately searching for the other, but the remaining three ponies a trio of fillies were sat trapped in their clubhouse sitting out the storm.
The remaining vampire however had found just the place to sit out the storm and as she banged on the door the three occupants inside squealed with fright as they rushed about in a panic at the surprise knocking.
The vampire listened intently as the sound of an oil lamp being broken preceded the small light coming from the window of the tree house going out.
With the rain lashing down and the wind howling through the apple orchards the waiting vampire used her supernatural strength to force the door…
As the vampire crossed the threshold into the small wooden structure she smiled warmly at the three sets of eyes looking at her from underneath a table, at any other time a smile from this mare would settle the fears of the three young fillies…
…But on this night the sight of fangs amidst that smile made the young fillies scream with fear as the vampire filled with only blood lust sprung forward.
It was a flick of a hoof to smash the table to matchsticks and as the fillies underneath scrambled to get away the vampire laughed like a foal as she played like a cat with a mouse swiping and batting them about as they ran around screaming.
It only took a matter of moments to catch and subdue them and as pearly white fangs descended on the first victim the screams of the other two were drowned out by the storm as one after another they were drained of their blood…
Twilight was livid as she was followed from pillar to post by Applejack and Rarity who despite their desire to find their lost sisters were constantly questioning or berating Twilight for her part in all this and what she thought was the best plan to deal with it…
The two panicked ponies were quickly losing all sensibilities confronted with the very real chance something might have happened to their sisters.
As the trio were making their way towards the CMC clubhouse since it was the primary hangout for the three fillies, Applejack spotted a pink pony staggering against the wind on a direct course to the clubhouse.
“There… There she is!!! …After her!!!”
Applejack went running after the pink pony that having heard the extra loud voice of the farm pony did a one eighty and began fleeing the other way albeit in a rather slow awkward way…
It wasn’t until Applejack had nearly caught up that she realized the other two hadn’t followed her.
Twilight and Rarity having missed due to the wind the shout from Applejack were still making slow progress towards the clubhouse which was now coming into view.
As the pair reached the bottom of the tree the clubhouse was built around they could see no light from inside, at first they were disappointed thinking the trio must have gone someplace else…
It was then Twilight noticed the farm pony’s absence but as she tried to get Rarity’s attention she saw what the white unicorn was staring at…
The clubhouse door was smashed in and hanging from its hinges making them approach with rising fear in their hearts as they ascended the ramp to the destroyed door.
Applejack oblivious to this continued chasing the pink pony ahead of her as the mare made a desperate quick turn towards an old barn on the edge of Sweet Apple Acres and as she made it there swung open the doors and then entered promptly closing them again.
Applejack undeterred and knowing full well the state of the barn with its rotting timbers and shaky walls didn’t stop and cannoned straight through the closest wall as she reached it…
…To be confronted with two pink ponies that were too busy staring open mouthed at each other to notice the farm pony or the whacking great hole she’d busted in the side of the barn.
Twilight and Rarity however had just exited the clubhouse they’d just rushed into and after Rarity was sick on the ramp outside she cried and screamed in anguish.
Twilight stood numbly as she watched a yellow coated Pegasus mare with a pink mane step into view only hoof steps away having sensed their approach and hidden up until that point around the corner of the clubhouse.
Taking a moment to wipe her mouth of the blood that decorated it and lick it from her hoof the mare opened her wings letting herself get swept away by the strong winds, her laughter carried along as she was, far into the distance.
Twilight watched as Fluttershy was swallowed by the night and before she collapsed to the floor in shock, Twilight realized there was no going back no chance to fix this, she would have to deal with this or die trying and that even then her death alone could never make up for the damage already done...
Fluttershy however was having the night of her UN-life as she was tossed and thrown wildly across the sky by the wind, the rush of fresh blood coursed through her veins as she rode the ebb and flow of the storm…
Those three fillies had seemed familiar…
Fluttershy’s memory was slowly returning to her after having been driven only by hunger from the moment she’d come back.
The vampire licked her fangs as emotions and memories fought to surface as her mind came back to her, spurred on by the pure energy the blood of innocents had given her…
It didn’t take long for the bulk of her life’s memories to return and as she eventually touched down outside Ponyville she was wrestling with her emotions as she wondered why exactly she gave a damn about killing those little fillies.
Split between the morals of her past life and the desires and hungers of her new one she decided to find shelter and let her dinner go down before she would decide what to do next…
Applejack knew exactly what she would do next as she picked up a large piece of wood smashed from the barn wall and steadily approached the pink pony she knew was the vampire.
“WHERES MA SISTER AND HER FRIENDS… A-AND WHERES FLUTTERSHY’S BODY!!! AH’M GONNA BEAT YOU TO DUST FOR KILLING MA FRIEND!!!”
Pink tried to stumble away but was quickly knocked to the floor by the farm pony and as she tried feebly to get up Applejack with murder in her eyes stood above her ready to strike…
“I-I didn’t… I didn’t kill Fluttershy…Twilight… It was her… She killed her…”
Applejack’s eyes despite the red mist widened before rage resumed control.
“…LIAR!!!”
“No… It’s true… I just…”
“…YOU… …JUST WHAT!!!”
“I… I just turned her…”
“…INTO ONE OF YOU!!!”
Pink cringed as she relived the sickening moment in her mind when she’d bitten down on her fallen friend.
“Y-Yes…”
“…DIE YOU VAMPIRE WHORSE…”
“…N-Nooo Applejack… …Stop IT!!!”
Applejack halted the swing of her head as she plunged the piece of wood towards the chest of Pink and swore loudly as it was knocked from her mouth by the other pink pony in the barn that had quickly moved to her side in support of the defenseless vampire.
Pinkie Pie was beside herself, (literally…) first a pony who looked very familiar had appeared and then her friend had burst through the wall trying to kill said pony.
Not used to conflict and chilled to the bone by the words spoken Pinkie was crying as she stood unsure what to do as Applejack rounded on her.
“Pinkie you stay out of this you hear… That thing killed Fluttershy…”
Pinkie heard the words but her mind unable to comprehend such a thing stuck to the issue in hoof, that being Applejack attempting to kill a pony in front of her.
As Applejack’s temper got the better of her she started stamping her hooves down on the unfortunate vampire as she bellowed about her sister.
Pinkie threw herself against Applejack taking the two of them to the floor as the beaten vampire wailed for mercy against the onslaught…
As the two Elements wrestled with each other Pinkie showing phenomenal strength screamed for Applejack to calm down.
After taking several hooves to the face for the trouble she managed to get the farm pony to stop kicking and with both breathing heavily Pinkie was shocked by Applejack bursting into tears and curling into a ball as her anger subsided and the fear and loss of the past few days took its toll.
Pinkie slid off her friend and as she caught her breath she looked over at the other ‘her’ who was crying and she too began to cry, the sounds punctuated by the wind whistling through the hole that Applejack had made in the wall.