//------------------------------// // Through the Buffalo Village // Story: My Little Pony and the Wolves of Imperiacus // by commander369 //------------------------------// On the empty stretch of the dark cave, the ponies are walking down the cave road. Rainbow Dash was flying ahead, leading Twilight and the others towards the exit. They been walking for like less than an hour and they are very exhausted and tired, especially since they are walking in a dark musty cave. "Oh, how much longer are we going to keep walking? My hooves are getting filthy." Rarity said as she stared down at her muddy hooves. Applejack made annoyed signed as she looked back at Rarity. "Oh, quit complainin'. Besides, we've only been walkin' for like a half hour." "But how far is it?" Rarity cried out more complaining. Applejack groaned in grief and looked up at Rainbow Dash in the air. "Hey Rainbow Dash, are we almost there?!" Rainbow Dash looked straight ahead and saw that the light was flashing closer and closer. "We're almost there. I can see the light up ahead." "You see, we're almost there." Applejack signed in exhaustion, mostly from Rarity's whining. Rarity harsh a little bit and decided to relax a little. She looked over to her side and saw that Twilight is still very unhappy. "Hey, Twilight. What's wrong, darling?" Twilight snapped out of her mind when she heard her name calling out to her. "Huh?" "You've been very quiet for a while. Is something bothering you or something?" Rarity said a little worried. Then, Pinkie Pie jumped in between Rarity and Twilight. "Are you sad? Because you look very sad." Twilight hesitated a little bit and tried to speak. "Well…" Fluttershy came in. "Oh course, something's bothering her. Twilight is so sad because the Princess and our home are being destroyed by the Nightwalkers. Twilight is very sensitive when it comes to this sort of thing." Rarity groaned in irritation. "Oh come on, Twilight. You don't have to blame yourself for this. There is nothing you could've done to prevent this." Rainbow Dash flew lower next to Twilight. "Yeah, it's not your fault that this just happened. I mean, it's not like you were the no good pony who woke up Bloodfang." Twilight forced up a little giggle and flicked her eyes evasively. Rarity nodded her head in a full agreement. "Rainbow Dash is right, Twilight. You are the most gifted unicorn I have ever met, unlike that pony who woke up Bloodfang, now she's the one we should be blaming at." Twilight tried to keep it together, but the more they talk about the accident, the more nervous she got. "Wait, I been thinking, maybe the pony who woke up Bloodfang didn't mean it. Maybe, she was just trying to prove a point and caused this by accident. Don't you ever think of that? Fluttershy interrupted with a gasp. "Of course not, Twilight. Because everypony in Equestria knew that Bloodfang is the most evilest of all evil creatures in the world. Whoever pony woke him up knew what Bloodfang is capable of, which means that she only did it for her own selfish amusement." Rainbow Dash shouted with a furious rage. "Yeah, Fluttershy's right! Once we find the Guardians and end this war. I will not rest until I find this pony and make sure she pays for what she's done." "Hear, hear." Rarity agreed. Even Pinkie Pie agreed. "You said it!" Applejack kept overhearing what all of her friends are saying to Twilight and decided that she had just about enough, knowing that this isn't helping her at all. "That's enough, y'all. Give Twilight some space. She's been through a rough time today. Let just focus on gettin' out of this cave." Then Applejack suddenly stopped and gasped what she was seeing ahead. "A dead end?" Applejack shocked. Rainbow Dash shouted in shock. "WAIT, THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT!" Rarity growled impatiently at rainbow pegasus. "What gives, Rainbow Dash! I thought you knew where you're going!" Rainbow Dash scratched her head in confusion. "I was….. I mean, I do. I mean… I swear, I did saw a light flashing here somewhere. There's no way I could've miss that." Applejack believed Rainbow Dash, she knew that she wouldn't lie about this and there was no question that even a pegasus like her could mislead her guidance. She decided to looked around again to find where the way out is. Then a small light flashed above her. She looked up and she saw it, the exit was on top of them. "Hey look! Up there!" Back on the surface, a huge rock was pushed aside from the ground as Rainbow Dash's head peeked out. After she looked around to see if it's safe, when the coast was clear, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy carried their friends out from the hole. When they were all out from the caves, the ponies view the new landscape. They realized that they're in a desert land, scatter of boulders and cactuses. "So, where are we now?" Pinkie Pie asked. Applejack looked around and observed the area. "Looks like we're in some sort of a desert." "I can't believe it! Why are we here anyway?! Why did Zecora sent us here?! Now, we are all stuck out here in the middle of nowhere!" Rainbow Dash complained while pacing around in the air. "Would you please calm down?" Applejack said. Don't tell me to calm down!" Rainbow Dash yelled. "Oh dear, my hair can't take this level of heat." Rarity said while stroking her hair away from the heat. "What do we do here from now? Where do we go from here?" Fluttershy said slightly. Twilight looked around for herself, she thought for a moment realizing that there's something familiar about this place. "Have we been here before?" "Yeah! We're in the middle of nowhere!" Rainbow Dash interrupted. Twilight pushed Rainbow Dash away. "No, we must be somewhere. But I can feel that we been here before." Rainbow Dash continued pacing angrily around in the air. "Oh, this just great! Ponyville and Canterlot are now being overthrown by Nightwalkers and now we are stuck here somewhere in the middle of the desert." She made a depressed groan and then dropped flat to the ground. "How can it get any worse!?" Then suddenly, Rainbow Dash felt a trembling shake on the ground. All the ponies can feel it too, something was coming their way. Dust and smoke filled the air around them and the sound of rumbling hooves approached them. The tremor and the sound stopped. When the dust and smoke cleared away; they saw a huge herd of buffalo surrounding them. "Halt! Who goes there?" A buffalo shouted out. "It definitely got worse." Rainbow Dash said in a scared voice. The buffalo snort out steam and begin to rush in to strike, but a sound of a female voice cried out. "Stop!" All the buffaloes halt. Twilight and the others stared frighten at the buffaloes as they stopped. Then, the herd began to move. In the middle of the them, they created a wall in between. The wall parted to reveal a small female buffalo. It was Strongheart. "Rainbow Dash? Pinkie Pie? Is that you?" Strongheart took a closer look at the intruders. "Strongheart!" Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie shouted in joy. A mile away, across the desert was the buffalo Indian village, where all the herd members are eating and milling among a clutch of tepees. Twilight and her friends are sitting around the fire for a feast offering. Each of the ponies was given that same bowl of that brown and mushy food that all the buffalo are eating. "Oh great. This stuff again." Rainbow Dash burped as she pushed the bowl away. As for Pinkie Pie, she was gobbling up hers. "This stuff taste even better than the last time we were here." Rainbow Dash shivered in disgusted. "Ewww… Don't remind me." However, Pinkie Pie wasn't the only pony who liked the food; Applejack was also munching the whole food in a mouthful and made chewing noisily with her mouth open. "Whatcha talkin' about. This stuff is great!" Rarity let out a disgusted groan as she watched Applejack chow down on her bowl. "Oh, I agree with Rainbow Dash. This stuff is very unpleasant." "Rarity, we shouldn't be rude. We should respect and appreciate for other's giving." Fluttershy said politely. "So, why aren't you eating yours then?" Rainbow Dash said suspiciously at Fluttershy. Fluttershy sniffed her bowl; stick out her tongue in disgusted, and pushed it away. "Umm… I'm not really that hungry." Fluttershy chucked nervously as her cheeks glow red. While the other ponies are busy with their "food", Twilight and Chief Thunderhooves are having an important conversation about what has happened. "Hmm, I see. So, your home is being destroyed at this very moment. Destroyed by some powerful evil creatures, am I right?" Chief Thunderhooves said. "Yes, you heard about it too." Twilight surprised. Chief Thunderhooves nodded his head. "Indeed we have. This morning, we saw many creatures and animals herding together, moving away from the north. They were all scared and frightened by an evil presence." "It's like they were all running away from something… or someone." Strongheart said a little worried. "You buffaloes know things, right. Something that even ponies don't know about." Twilight wondered. Chief Thunderhooves smiled at the purple unicorn. "We know many secrets that some ponies don't know about. We have lived in uncivilized world with many unnatural purposes. Every generation, we buffaloes kept our cultures and our traditions remembered every day." "What do you know about the Nightwalkers?" Twilight silently asked. That question has driven all the buffaloes to stopped eating their food and stared shock at Twilight. Chief Thunderhooves made a sad impression and closed his eyes. "The Nightwalkers? Oh yes, we all know them very well. Lord Bloodfang and his Nightwalkers nearly wiped out half of our ancestors centuries ago. He was a monster unlike any other. Born from the shadow of death. A terrifying demon." "We honor the lives and sacrifice of our ancestors and we could never forget the beast who took it from them." Strongheart pointed out. "You guys must know a lot about them." Twilight asked with concern. "More that you know, Twilight." Chief Thunderhooves replied. "We know mostly everything about those monsters." Strongheart said with a sad face. Twilight frowned and took a deep breath. "Then I'm sorry to say this, but….. Lord Bloodfang has returned." Chief Thunderhooves, Strongheart, and all the buffaloes gasped as they heard that. Whispers are heard all around. The buffaloes held each other close in fear. Chief Thunderhooves was shocked to what he just heard and said nothing. He only got up and head towards one of the huge tepee; he then looked back at Twilight and the others. "Come with me." Chief Thunderhooves and Strongheart walked inside the huge stone tepee. Twilight and her friends got up and follow them. Inside the tepee was a smoking ground with ancient drawings painted on the walls. "This is our sacred ground." Chief Thunderhooves said. "What's so special about it?" Rainbow Dash asked. "There are things you must know about this enemy." Chief Thunderhooves answered when he walked towards the wall and pointed out a painting of a huge bat with red eyes. "There's a story. A story never told. The history of the Nightwalkers. How it all began." Chief Thunderhooves said as he stood next to the other paintings on the wall. Twilight and her friends walked closer as Chief Thunderhooves explained solemnly. "As you may know, every story has a beginning. The story of Lord Bloodfang and the Nightwalkers weren't always like this. In fact, there comes a time where there wasn't even Bloodfang or the Nightwalkers. There were times, when the world was never consumed by evil and civil war." Chief Thunderhooves then pointed out the next painting of two circles combining together, one was yellow and the other was black. "It all started with the eclipse. Remember, the eclipse was the source of our way of life. It makes our land to grow food, refill our water supply, and gives us fresh air to breath. When the sun and the moon first rose into the sky and formed together to become this powerful element, it shined its power and created life, such as all of us." "You mean like ponies, buffaloes, griffons, and others creatures like that?" Twilight asked. Chief Thunderhooves nodded in confirmation. "Yes. The eclipse was our creator. In the beginning, when life was created, there were seven original tribes in our world, our ancestors and each of them lived in separate territories to insure peace was kept without any disagreements from each other. They all have only one thing in common; they love and cherish the wonders of our creator. But one tribe did not. The Bat Tribe, led and ruled by the bat king named Lord Bloodfang. He wanted to rule everything for himself and the only way to do it…. is by blocking the sky with complete darkness, preventing the eclipse to shine the power of life to our land." Twilight spoke up in her tone subdued. "What will that do?" Chief Thunderhooves stared off into distance. "If Bloodfang does prevent the eclipse from shining its power to the earth, the earth will be nothing but a whole wasteland of death for another hundred years. If he succeeds, he will rule the world and his victory will be the end of everything." Twilight stepped forward anxiously. "He's already covered the skies of Canterlot and Ponyville with his darkness and he will stop at nothing until he has completely covered all over Equestria. And there is nothing we can do about it." "Which means, the eclipse cannot shine the power of life to Equestria." Applejack said with shocking frown. "Our home will not grow food, water, or fresh air for another hundred years." "The Nightwalkers will have completely taken over Equestria and soon the world. We have to do something about it!" Fluttershy shaking in fear. Twilight nodded approvingly. "How do we get rid of the darkness that has covered all over Equestria?" "That is the hardest part. You must destroy Bloodfang." Chief Thunderhooves answered. Twilight asked desperately. "It won't be long till the eclipse comes. We need to find help from the ones who beat them before." Chief Thunderhooves inquired in surprise. "Oh… you seek the wolves of Imperiacus." Strongheart eyes widen and surprised. "The Guardians?" "You know the Guardians, too?!" Fluttershy said a little surprised. "Yes, we do. They have once saved our ancestors from the beast's wrath. They are also one of the seven tribes of earth. They were the mightiest and the most strongest species than all of us." Chief Thunderhooves said with honor. "We hold great honor to them and to all of their kind. We buffaloes worship to all the wolf tribes." Strongheart said with gratitude. "We know that only the Guardians can defeat the Nightwalkers." Fluttershy said. Chief Thunderhooves smiled and pointed out the next painting on the wall, a wolf in a golden armor. "Yes, it is true. Only with them, our land can be saved." "THEN YOU MIGHT KNOW HOW TO FIND THEM, RIGHT!?" Pinkie Pie shouted with joy. "Indeed…" Chief Thunderhooves said as Twilight and her friends smiled in relieve. But then Chief Thunderhooves finished his sentences. "….. we don't." Twilight and her friend's faces' returned back to frown again. "I'm sorry. The map to the land of Imperiacus was lost for a thousand years." Chief Thunderhooves apologized. Twilight and all of her friends groaned as they lower their heads down in disappointment. "Back to square one." Rainbow Dash signed miserably. "However, there is a clue that can help you to find the map." Chief Thunderhooves called out. "What's the clue?" Rarity asked in confusion. Chief Thunderhooves walked closer to the other side of the wall and pointed out the last and final painting, the painting doesn't show a drawing, but only words. Chief Thunderhooves read out the painted words. "Go to the kingdom of stone and rock. The kingdom ruled and protected by the heart of greatness. The kingdom that shines its light and reflects back with happiness. It is a kingdom of hope, an empire of heaven." "Was that all?" Rainbow Dash asked. "No. There is also this." Chief Thunderhooves then pulled out a small object wrapped up in an old rag. He opened it up and inside revealed to be a piece of a broken stone with a little word written on it. "What is it? Some kind of a rock?" Applejack examining the little piece of stone. "Let me see." Twilight took a little look at the mysterious piece of rock and read what was written on it. "It said, "Lead us the way"." Twilight turned back to Chief Thunderhooves. "What does that mean?" Chief Thunderhooves considered carefully. "That is something for you to find out. All I can do is tell you the clue and give you the item that comes with it. That is your destiny." Twilight's eye began to dim; she realized that they are now on their own. "Do you think we will be able to find the Guardians before the time of the eclipse?" "You must believe. Never give up on believing. It's always been about believing. If you believe in something so wonderful, anything is possible." Chief Thunderhooves said to Twilight with hope. "This is going to be tough, y'all." Applejack murmured. "You can't imagine, how are we ever going to get to Imperiacus from here?" Rarity stood down. As the ponies signed in doubt, but as for Twilight, she was thinking carefully to the clue in her head. Then the answer popped into her mind, she knew what the clue meant. Rarity noticed Twilight's lost in thought. "What's wrong, Twilight?" "I think I know where to look next." Twilight spoke out. Everypony stared at Twilight. "Really, you do?" Fluttershy shouted with grief. "Yes, it's in…." Twilight was about to tell them the answer, but then….. "Please, do not tell us! It is best for us that we don't know." Chief Thunderhooves interrupted. "Why not?" Twilight gasped. Chief Thunderhooves signed. "It is for our own good. If the Nightwalkers ever find us, they will force us to talk. We want to be sure that we have nothing to give them." "But then, they will kill you all." Twilight whispered in a sad tone. Chief Thunderhooves took a moment of silence and then spoke. "It is for the best. It is unfortunate, we all may die, but we can't accept the world to die as well. The world is our precious treasure and we must not let them take it from us… That is the world we live in now." Chief Thunderhooves made a big smiled on his face. SONG: THAT IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN NOW. (Chief Thunderhooves began to sing in a high strong voice.) (Chief Thunderhooves) "The world is made of air, land, and water. We certainly need all three." "That is the world we live in now." That is the world we live in now." (All the buffaloes walked in the stone tepee and joined Chief Thunderhooves as they danced around him. Music of drums playing all around.) (Chief Thunderhooves) "Peace and love of all. The earth is our home. Let's keep our whole world young. Let's keep our whole world young!" "So how can you give up on a life like this? All you have to do is believe. Have faith. The world will guild you a chance. The whole is a beautiful place. So don't give up." (Buffaloes) "That is the world we live in now." "That is the world we live in now." (Twilight and the others clapped their hooves as they get into the music.) (Chief Thunderhooves) "The stars come out the beautiful night sky. We sing of the as the wind blows. We will soon put to a fight. The world is all we had. So don't give up." "The land of earth is important to us, how can we give this up." (Strongheart had jumped in and started dancing and singing as all the buffaloes and ponies clapped around her.) (Strongheart) "Air is around us. The flower blooms the great power of the storm. It is there even though we cannot see it." (Buffaloes) "That is the world we live in now." "That is the world we live in now." "The land is important to us. With their mountain and valley. It is the land we grow food. The land is our life." "Look around you. There is hope. Our world is worth to fight for. Let's keep our whole world young. Let's keep our whole world young!" "That is the world we live in now." (Chief Thunderhooves) "The oceans will flow. The powerful waves grow our land. With ice, snow, and rain that will make." "The moon shines a kiss as we sing a lullaby. The gentle breeze of evening. It is our treasure. The whole world is our treasure. We can't let them take it from us. So don't give up." "That is the world we live in now." "That is the world we live in now." "So don't give up." (Strongheart and all the Buffaloes) "All living things are our live. Our generation. The magic of the whole world. Let's keep our whole world young. So don't give up." (Chief Thunderhooves, Strongheart, and all the Buffaloes singed as they danced around.) "That is the world we live in now." "That is the world we live in now." "That is the world we live in….. NOW!" (All the buffaloes end their song as they continued dancing around the campfire.) An hour later, Twilight and others have all the information they needed and decided to continue on their journey. They made their good-byes to all the buffaloes in the village and head out. The ponies are now walking through the field, heading away from the buffalo village. Twilight was leading as the others followed. "Where are we going, Twilight?" Rarity asked. "Think about it. Chief Thunderhooves said that the map to Imperiacus is in a kingdom of stone and rock. A kingdom that is ruled and protected by the heart of greatness. The kingdom that shines its light and reflects back with happiness. It is a kingdom of hope, an empire of heaven." Twilight said as she knew what the clue meant. "I still don't know what that means." Applejack confused. Twilight stopped and looked back at her confused friends. "Come on, girls. A kingdom of stone and rock. A kingdom ruled and protected by the heart of greatness." "Yeah, so?" Rainbow Dash said as she scratched her head. Twilight stopped and turned to her friends, trying to make sure that all the ponies understand the question. "Tell me, what kind of a kingdom that is ruled and protected by a heart." Rarity tried to solve the question in her mind. Then finally she figured it out. "Wait a minute? You don't think?" "I don't think. I know." Twilight smiled as she finally got one of her friends to know the answer. "What is she talking about, Rarity?" Rainbow Dash said with impatient tone. Rarity looked at Rainbow Dash. "The Crystal Empire." She then turned to Twilight. "Isn't it, Twilight?" "That's right. It is a kingdom made out of crystal, which is also a stone and rock. It is ruled and loved by the Crystal Heart and it is an empire of heaven." Twilight explained. "Hold on a minute. Let me get this straight. You're telling us that the crystal ponies have the map all along." Rainbow Dash said in confusion. "I think they knew about it, but I don't think they remembered it. The crystal ponies have suffered a horrible amnesia after King Sombra took over the Crystal Empire." Twilight said. Applejack rubbed her chin, remembering another clue. "Chief Thunderhooves also said that the map has been lost for a thousand years." "That was probably the same time when the Crystal Empire disappeared." Fluttershy added. Twilight nodded without doubt. "It can't be a coincidence." Pinkie Pie jumped in front of Twilight. "And you know what that means, right!" Twilight shook her head. "That's right, Pinkie Pie. We are going to the Crystal Empire." Back at the buffalo village, Chief Thunderhooves and Strongheart are still inside the old sacred stone tepee, staring at the paintings on the walls. Strongheart was starting to get very worried about her friends. "I sure hope that Twilight and the others know where they are going?" Chief Thunderhooves came up to her and start patting her on the head. "You must believe, Strongheart. The pony Princesses brought them here for a reason." "I hope so." Strongheart smiled. Chief Thunderhooves and Strongheart finally head out through the curtain doors. Chief Thunderhooves swing the curtains open and looked out as they come out of the tepee. They're faces turned into shocked grimaces as they saw outside that there are swarms of Nightwalkers waiting for them. The herds of buffaloes are there; they were all pinned down to the ground and held as hostages. At the head of the troops of the Nightwalkers was General Darkclaw. "Ah, yes. You must be the new buffalo chief. Such an honor to meet you." Darkclaw hissed at the two buffaloes. Chief Thunderhooves slowly moved himself in a defense position as he held Strongheart closer to protect her. "Let's just cut to the chase. The six ponies that were here earlier, where are they heading?" Darkclaw shouted in an impatience tone. Chief Thunderhooves said nothing as the angry General walked in closer to him. "I said, where are they heading?!" "I don't know anything, I cannot help you!" Chief Thunderhooves refused. General Darkclaw growled in anger. "Then maybe, you will help by saving the little one over there." Darkclaw looked towards Strongheart, who was shaking in fear. "My troops and I are getting very hungry from flying here and we really love the taste of blood from children." Darkclaw licked his lips as the other Nightwalkers drool from their mouths in hunger. "It wouldn't matter anyway if I told you! I don't know where they're going!" Chief Thunderhooves distressed. Darkclaw pointed his sharp claw straight at the chief's nose. "I don't care where they're going! I want to know which way did they went!" Chief Thunderhooves can only stare in mute fear and began to sweat with horror, trying to make a hard decision. "NOW TALK! WHICH WAY DID THEY GO! WHAT DID YOU TOLD THEM?!" Darkclaw shouted as his eyes glow red. Back at the former castle of Canterlot, Three Nightwalker Trolls marched down the deserted street of the new empire. A huge crowd of chained ponies has gathered in front of the castle. Guards in the towers look down, apprehensive. The trolls walked up, stopping in front of the stairs of the Canterlot Castle. Bloodfang emerged from the castle door and walked down the stairs, looking upon his collections of slaves; behind him, two Nightwalkers carried out the chained-up Princess Celestia and forced her down the stairs and placed her next to him. One Nightwalker flew down and bowed down to Bloodfang. "Report, has General Darkclaw left as I requested?" Bloodfang commanded. "Yes, my lord. General Darkclaw is on his way to capture the fugitive ponies. He will be arriving shortly as you commanded." Nightwalker Guard said. Bloodfang chuckled. "Good, now what is the status of all of Canterlot?" "We have sealed all the entrances outside of the castle and we have already built a fortress around the town called Ponyville. All of Canterlot Castle and village are now secured. Even if some ponies are still hiding out there, they still can't escape from us this time." Nightwalker Guard informed. "Yes! Now, what about the other pathetic creatures out there from Canterlot?" Bloodfang smiled. "We are closing in on all the remaining villages as we speak, soon every city and every creature in Equestria will be yours to command, my lord." Nightwalker Guard responded. "Perfect! But, what about the Princess of the Might, Princess Luna? Where is she?" Bloodfang said. "We have scattered all over the castle and the entire village, but there is still no sign of her. We may believe that she is still out there somewhere, planning and gathering a resistance to attack us." Nightwalker Guard said. "I want her found immediately!" Bloodfang snarled. "I assure you, my lord. We will capture her when the night comes. She is the Princess of the Night after all. She will be here soon." Nightwalker Guard said. "I want everypony kneeling at my claws again. Every creature out there must fear and obey the mighty powers of Dark Lord Bloodfang!" Bloodfang yelled with impatience. "Yes, my lord." Nightwalker Guard bowed down to him and flew away. Bloodfang turned his attention to the frighten crowd of ponies. "Finally, Equestria is mine again." Bloodfang laughed manically. "Equestria will not and never will be yours, Bloodfang." Princess Celestia's voice shouted. Bloodfang looked at his captured Princess and walked towards her. "Hahahaha….. my lovely little prisoner. Why won't you just give up and admit to yourself. I did it. I've won. I have taken over all of Canterlot once again. Now the darkness is rising all over Equestria. Your precious sun and moon is now blocked to shine its wonders." "You can block the sun and the moon, but you can never block the wonders of the power from the great eclipse. My faithful student is still out there and soon, you and your monstrous followers will fall." Princess Celestia objected. "Really, can she stop me from doing this?!" Bloodfang then grabbed Princess Celestia by the face and struck his two sharp fangs into her neck. She screamed in pain as Bloodfang sucked the blood and power from her. Princess Celestia slowly became weaker and dropped hard into the ground. Bloodfang released his fangs out of the Princess's neck while he licked his lips with his tongue. "Oh, how I remember the sweet taste of your blood. The delicious nectar of your powers. Soon, I will continue feasting on you until you are nothing but skin and bones. And once I'm done with you, I will feast on your little sister, and then I think I will enjoy devouring your star student." Princess Celestia only responded of a moaning in pain. Bloodfang looked down to all the frighten ponies and spoke to them in his deep, high, and imperious voice. "PONIES OF CANTERLOT!" All the ponies become more scared and frightened as the evil dark lord called to them. "I AM LORD BLOODFANG: LEADER OF THE NIGHTWALKERS! BUT I KNOW YOU PONIES ALREADY KNOW ME WELL, DON'T YOU! I KNOW YOU PONIES HAVE READ ABOUT ME IN BOOKS! I ASSURE YOU, I AM NOT A LEGEND; I AM NOT A FAIRY TALE... I AM REAL! I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REAL! YOUR KINGDOM HAS FALLEN! MY FORCES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO CONQUER YOUR PRECIOUS LAND! YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING PRINCESS IS NOW MY PRISONER AND HER POWERS AND BLOOD ARE NOW MINE TO DRAIN! I AM YOUR MASTER NOW AND AS YOUR NEW RULER, I WILL BRING THIS NEW ERA TO ITS FORMER GLORY! SURRENDER YOUR FREEDOM, OBEY OUR COMMAND, AND BE OUR SLAVES!" Bloodfang laughed as hovered his wings a few feet from the ground as clouds of darkness swirl in the sky, making it even darker. "WELL, I REFUSE!" A loud voice yelled out. Bloodfang snapped out of his laughter and looked around the crowd in extreme anger. "WHO DARES QUESTION ME?!" "I DID!" The voice came from the center of the crowd, from a white, rich stallion. It was Prince Blueblood. "I am Prince Blueblood! I am a prince of the royal family. This is our home, our lifestyle, our rich and glorious palace. How dare you just fly right in here and start giving us orders. We will not do as you ask. We do not obey to some filthy old bat telling us what to do. We are royal ponies. You may have done this back in the old boring ancient times, but things are different here, things have changed. And I refuse to work hard or get my royal hooves dirty just because you said so!" Prince Blueblood shouted out in a spoiled fashion voice. Bloodfang chuckled evilly after he heard the spoiled stallion's speech. "If that's the way you want it." Bloodfang then snapped his claws. Three Nightwalkers flew down and surrounded the royal prince. They circled him and finally they attacked him. Prince Blueblood screamed for help as the Nightwalkers piled on him and started stabbing their sharp fangs into his neck, sucking his blood. All the pony prisoners can't do anything; they helplessly watch the three Nightwalkers feasting on Prince Blueblood. Bloodfang laughed as he watched his soldiers drain the stallion's blood. "Feed, my children…. FEED!" The scream of Prince Blueblood finally faded, the three Nightwalkers stepped back away from their prey and flew off. All that remained of Prince Blueblood was a thin skinny skin-covered bones, twitching, and moaning in pain. "Let him be an example to all of those who defy me!" Bloodfang threatened the other ponies if they ever dare question him again. The crowd shocked gasped, crying in tears, and screamed with horror. "We are the Nightwalkers! Serve us…. or not and face extinction! BOW BEFORE ME!" Bloodfang shouted. Bloodfang looked down and finally seeing the entire pony population within the castle grounds fall prostrate on the ground in a wave like pattern, bowing to him, now at his mercy. "Good!" Bloodfang growled.