//------------------------------// // Some things just don't go away // Story: The Vampire Protection Program // by InkHeartBrony //------------------------------// "No no no!" I groaned, dropping all the books I had been reading through on the ground. I groaned in frustration. Fluttershy looked at me with concern. "It's not that bad, is it?" she lowered the book she was holding, and frowned. "It is bad! I have to find out the cure! There has to be one, if there is a spell to create vampires, there has to be a cure!" "Maybe it's like Starswirl's spell that you completed. You finished it, right? Maybe you have to finish this one." she smiled hopefully. "Oh, right! I'll just, uh..." I picked up my quill, and flipped to the right page of Spirits, Vampires, and Werewolves, Volume 6. I held up my quill, and stared at the page. I stared, and stared, and nothing came to mind but a blank. "I don't think this will work." I said, sitting down. "I don't think it's too bad..." Fluttershy set down her book. I stared at her, "why? I'm trying to help you, I don't want you to be like this, I mean, you're... sick." She looked taken a back for a moment, than continued speaking. "I can just learn to control myself better, you can watch me and help. Right? It doesn't seem all that bad, I can get used to it." "Yeah except for one thing, you need blood, and neither of us want you to hurt somepony to get it. Hmm..." I rubbed my hoof against my chin in thought. "Well, there is one solution... but you won't like it." "What?" she stood up, and walked over to me. I stepped back, my ears going back against my skull as I spoke quieter than usual. "You... bite me. Simply biting me won't make me transform, just, a little bite. No harm?" I chuckled nervously. "It's just, I don't want you to lose control. But I'll take the risk for you." She blinked, and looked away, leaving eye contact. "O-oh... if that's the best option we have... I-I mean, I don't like it but..." she sighed, "fine, if that's the best solution for now." She put a hoof on my shoulder. "It'll work out. We'll find a better way." I sighed, and flipped the pages in the book and shutting it closed. I squinted to see the small fine print on the bottom corner of the cover. Written by, Gear Works, Silver Script, and Black Ink What if I found the author? I rubbed my head, "when was the last time you, uh-" "Four days ago, when you found me in the town." "So, you've probably been working up an appetite?" I asked, tilting my head. "Umm, well, I only really get hungry at night. But I can still feel a little hunger in the day." "I read that one week without blood is when it gets worst." I said, sighing. I tilted my head, and moved my mane out of the way. "Drink up." I said, shutting my eyes fearfully. I opened one eye and stared at her expectantly. She barely lifted her hoof, than put it back down. "S-Spike?" "He's spending the day with Rarity." I grinned, remembering how excited he was to assist Rarity with a special new fashion line she was working on. "Well, I'm not really hungry right now..." "Ugh, Fluttershy, I'm trying to prevent you from hurting any pony! Just bite me and get it over with!" She shrunk away. This girl is sensitive, and I was being a bit harsh. But at this point, it was really time to just rip that bandaid off. "Fluttershy." I growled. She looked at me, and covered her face with her hair. "Fluttershy, I didn't want to do this." I said, picking up a book with my magic and opening it. I put the page close to my hoof. "Fluttershy, I'll do it!" "No! Please!" "Than bite me!" "I can't!" she cried. I brought the paper down on my hoof, and quickly sliced it across. Ow! Ow, that stings! The tiniest bit of blood seeped out, and a single drop fell on the floor. Fluttershy stared, saying nothing. I could see her teal eyes flicker and change at the drool in her mouth as she stared at the single drop of blood. That's all it took, one drop of blood and you would attract vampires from miles away. In a sense, they were a lot more like sharks than you thought. Immediately I felt her lips against my hoof, sucking the blood from inside. It was strange really, it felt almost like she was kissing my hoof. Which freaked me out a bit since, one, I'm now a princess, and two, she's one of my best friends. She moved upward, her face close to mine as she leaned in towards my neck. She breathed down my neck with her warm breath, and I felt her fangs brush against my fur, and skin. I shut my eyes and gulped as her razor sharp teeth pierced my skin, sinking in and tasting blood. The strange thing was, was that it didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would. Constantly hunting vampires, yes, of course I had been bitten once or twice. But Fluttershy, in a way, was still Fluttershy, and she was being very gentle. The other vampires I had come across bit me as hard and painfully as they could to make me scream. But as Fluttershy's fangs sunk deeper and her front hooves held me tightly I could only let out a breath I had been holding in. She moved away, looking at me with a drunken expression, her half closed eyes not really looking into mine. Her mouth slightly open exposing her blood stained fangs. She stared at me, and gasped, her eyes widening. The last thing she said was "Oh my!" Before her eyes rolled back into her head and she fell to the ground. I furrowed my brows, and picked her up in my magic. I teleported us both into the bathroom and cleaned the blood off of both of us. As I was almost finished cleaning her face she began to regain conciseness. She opened up her crimson eyes and looked at me. "Twilight... you look-" she giggled, "tasty..." she suddenly sat up and I fell on my back, dropping the towel I had been holding. "Oh, oh dear!" she said, putting her hooves to cover her mouth. "I'm sorry! I said you look pretty!" her teal eyes glinted. I got up and brushed off my leg, I looked at her raising an eyebrow. "No, I heard that, and you're not the first." "Huh?" "You're not the first to tell me I'm tasty, or pretty." After realizing what I just said, I shut my mouth as my cheeks turned a tinge of red. "What?" "Nothing!" I said, running out of the bathroom, and back into the library. Fluttershy found me in the library once again. I stared around the room, trying to find that stupid spirit who had been laughing at my embarrassment for the last five minutes. "Are you still looking for information about vampires?" she asked. "Uh, yeah." I said, not really hearing what she had asked. I stared, annoyed, at Sour Tart as she floated through the air laughing. "Oh, oh!" she laughed, wiping a tear from her eye. "You should've seen your face! You said that and it got me thinking, I wonder how many stallions you-" she suddenly burst out laughing, tears coming from her eyes as she circled around me. In a way she was so much like Rainbow Dash. Absolutely obnoxious. I could feel my face heating up with both anger and embarrassment. That's not what I meant! I wanted to say, but I knew Fluttershy had probably already pushed what I had said aside, and I couldn't be seen talking to nothing. "Hey, uh-" I said to Fluttershy without looking at her, "I think you should go... I have things to do." "Things, hmm?" the spirit raised an eyebrow. "Oh, alright, Twilight. Are you going to come by the cottage later?" "Ah, no, I think I should actually sleep tonight, sorry. I'm sure you'll be fine." She smiled, and left, shutting the door behind her. "What is your problem?" I hissed. "Just, haven' a little fun with my roommate." "No, why do you hate me? I mean, okay, yeah I killed you... but you lived all the way in Manehattan and came here to steal a key to a drawer from me. Are you ever going to tell me why?" She stared at me for a few seconds, then turned away from me, folding her hooves and having this expression that looked very similar to a stuck up rich pony's. "You don't deserve to know." she stated. "Actually I do, you live here now, we're going to have to learn to tell each other things... maybe get to know each other?" I looked down, then back up at her excitedly as ideas began to run through my head. "I could get more research on spirits! If you tell me all you might have experienced and the abilities and the way the spirit mind works I could get more data on the form of energy you produce, what it's like to live the dead life!" "You wanna know what it's like to live the dead life?" "Yes!" "It sucks." She flew through the wall and disappeared. I sighed in disappointment, but then immediately got back on my hooves. "It's alright Twilight, not like she can leave." I said to myself cheerfully. "I'm back!" a familiar voice called out. I turned around and saw Spike coming in through the doorway, behind him came Rarity, who smiled at me. "Rarity! How was the jewel hunting?" I asked, trotting up to them. "Do we still have this leftover sandwiches?" Spike asked, ignoring us and walking past me. I groaned, and Rarity laughed. "Oh no no, darling, we weren't jewel hunting. No, Spike was helping me with my new line of Mystical Beasts. He has given me quite the inspiration, and there were a few dragon inspired outfits he helped me make. I think you'll find them simply stunning!" "Oh, did you bring them here?" I asked, looking behind her and seeing nothing. "Well, they're not quite finished, but they'll be done in two days I promise! Then, I want you and the girls to meet up at the boutique and I can show off those gorgeous dresses!" She clapped her hooves excitedly. "Sounds wonderful, Rarity. I guess we'll meet you there." I turned my head around to the kitchen, and yelled, "Spike! Write that down on my calendar!" "I'm eating!" he yelled back. "Ow! Ow! It's in my eye!" "Talk about eye candy." I groaned. "He can be such a disappointment sometimes."