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// Secrets Revealed 
// Story: Demonic Brother 
// by kurusagi16 
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Secrets Revealed





Drake made a motion for Fluttershy to sit and make herself comfortable on a nearby loveseat. A heavy sigh escaped through his nostrils as he carefully considered how to tell Fluttershy the answers he'd promised her. 

"First, I need to ask you, did your father tell you what Eldra said, about the night that Maia died?"

Fluttershy was silent for a moment before replying, "Y-yes...he...he told me that Eldra had came to my mother to torment her before the village mob came..." her eyes started to prick with tears. "...and how that I also had a brother who...who..." Fluttershy couldn't get the words to come out. After the kidnapping incident, her father had sat her down to discuss what happened, and explained what Eldra had told him. To learn that Eldra had been partially responsible for her mother's death, and that she'd had a brother who was killed by him as well...it was almost too much for her to think about. 

Drake gave her a sympathetic look as he gave her a comforting squeeze on the shoulder. "It's alright." he soothed. "I'm sorry to have brought up what I'm sure is a painful subject for you...but, what I have to say involves what occurred that night."

Fluttershy sniffed and looked up at him with watery eyes. "Huh?"

"What Eldra said about killing your brother, that was a lie, I know for a fact that he's very much alive."

"But...but how can you know that?" asked Fluttershy. 

"Because, I am him." he answered. "I am your brother, Drake Alucard." 

In that moment, Fluttershy felt as if time had stopped. Her breath caught in her throat, her heart nearly stopping, as she looked at Drake with wide eyes filled with shock. "W-what?!"

Drake nodded with a very serious expression. "Yes, it is true. Though, I was hoping that I wouldn't have to tell you."

"But I don't understand." said Fluttershy, trying to comprehend the strangeness of what was happening to her. 

"I suppose I should try to explain." sighed Drake. "You see, originally Eldra had planned on killing me, but then later came up with what she considered to be a better idea. She decided that she would make the son of Alistair Alucard into her personal slave, and that it would be more demeaning to her brother than simply killing me. So, for years, I've grown up in this castle, and served under Eldra's command."

Fluttershy still remembered how horrible and vile Eldra had been to her, as well as the ponies around her, she couldn't imagine what it'd be like to have to live with her and be her servant.

"Did she tell you about how she kidnapped you? Is that how you know?" asked Fluttershy.

Drake shook his head. "No, despite all the horrible things that Eldra did, that might have been the only kindness she ever did me by not telling me. Growing up, I knew Eldra was rotten, but I just put up with it and waited for when I could leave on my own. It wasn't until I met Zecora that I found out the truth."

Fluttershy then remembered what Zecora had told her before. "That potion you stole, it showed you what had happened."

Drake nodded. "After I found out, I was confused, angry, and wasn't really sure of anything. But after a while, I came to grips with what I saw and decided that I would do what I could to teach Eldra a lesson for what happened that night. To have her get what she deserved. So, I waited until I could find the right time to do just that, when I found out about Eldra's plans for you and the New World. I decided that I would try to foil Eldra's plot and help you before it was too late." 

A fuzz memory surfaced in Fluttershy's mind, of a figure dressing her wounds while in Eldra's prison. "You, you were the one who treated my injuries."

Drake nodded. "It was a little something I had Zecora fix up, just in case." 

"But, if your my brother, why didn't you just say so?" asked Fluttershy.

Drake turned away from her, a shadow covering part of his face as he said, "I've done some things...things I'm not proud of. Unlike me, you've led a much nicer, more innocent life, and you don't need a brother like me who'll only drag you down." 

Fluttershy got up from the couch, "That's not true!" she argued. "Whatever you did in the past doesn't matter to me. You're still my brother regardless, aren't you? I want to get to know you, and in turn, I want you to get to know me."

Drake said nothing, but just stood there. Fluttershy slowly approached him and gently laid a hoof on his shoulder. He flinched slightly at her touch, but gradually relaxed. "...You're...you're really willing to give me a chance?" She gave him a firm nod. "Ha. You're an odd pony."

"Hey!" said Fluttershy a little defensively. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing." said Drake, chuckling lightly. "But, if you're that set on getting to know me and giving me a chance, I see no reason why not to oblige. Besides, it gives me a chance to finally talk to my sister."

Fluttershy smiled at him. "Where should I start?"

"The beginning is always best." 

And with that, the two siblings, reunited, began to talk among themselves, learning about their other half, and beginning to feel happy for having met one another.