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// The Monsters Regret 
// Story: The Vampire Protection Program 
// by InkHeartBrony 
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Creeping along the side of the building, surrounded by the cold, empty feeling, and the darkness of night I was. I peaked around the corner of the house, and saw nothing. I sucked in a breath and continued forward, moving with silence in hopes of finding a monster.

Normally, ponies goals were to run from a monster, mine was to run to them. Which, could get problematic as you could imagine.

Well, right now it seemed I wasn't finding much out here. Acting as a hunter wasn't getting me anywhere, it was time to be a victim.

I stepped out into the open, and stood in the middle of the road. I looked around, and after a few seconds I saw bright red eyes glowing in the darkness. All around me were pair after pair of red eyes, but all were too fearful to approach me.

Every pair of eyes recognized me, I was one of the four alicorns, if they attacked, they knew they would be destroyed. A vampire could not encounter an alicorn and live. 

They knew it was a trap, it was all too obvious and I was foolish to think they would really try and attack me.

I did find myself staring at one pair of eyes, and began to slowly walk forward towards it. I heard the crunching of their hooves stepping back, as I got closer, they shrunk back.

Those piercing red eyes did not leave mine, until they moved forward.

I was suddenly pinned to the ground by the figure above me, I pushed them aside with my magic and held them up in the air so they couldn't move.

I was stunned to see who it was, but I didn't let that show.

The white unicorn mare in front of me looked afraid. Terror shown in her glowing red eyes even as blood already stained her coat and her spiky neon blue mane.

"Please." Vinyl pleaded as I pulled my bloody knife from my bag.

"You're Twilight Sparkle! You wouldn't kill me."

"But you can kill others, you already have. That's why vampires like you must be wiped out." I looked right in her eyes, "No matter who you are."

"You're one of Celestia's hunters."

"Her prized hunter." I smiled, holding up the blade. Vinyl gulped.

"Why do you kill us? It's not like we have a choice." Vinyl said.

"Oh but you do have a choice! And you all choose the same thing, killing the innocent." I hissed.

"I take what I need to survive, but I don't kill." she said, her eyes beginning to get tearful.

And for a moment when I looked at her- I saw Fluttershy.

Afraid, innocent, trapped with a monster she couldn't control. Fluttershy would've never done what she did at Sweet Apple Acres.

She did it because it wasn't her.

I faltered, I lowered my blade a little and looked at Vinyl with confusion.

"I have a life." she said, "I have a job, I have friends, I have a girlfriend. Would you really do that to her?"

Her lips quivered, "would you really want Octy to live with that pain?"

She stared right at me, her voice was shaky, "I wish I didn't have to hurt anypony. But we don't have a choice, I want you to know I was like you once, I wasn't born like this and I never asked to be this."

I looked down, I looked away from her, again, I could almost see Fluttershy, I could imagine her saying those same words. My magic faded and Vinyl fell to the ground.

"Thank you." she choked out, "I promise to never hurt anypony you care for."

I blinked, and turned around to speak, but she was gone. 

All I heard was the horrible silence.