Pegazo Vampir Equinae

by Gecko


Chapter 5

Rainbow Dash stopped in mid air, hovering. She thought through what she had just heard, and replied, Manehattan? But that’s like a two-day flight! How do you expect me to get there?

I think you forgot something quite important here. You have this amazing, new body right? Yes you do. And in fact, I know that an Alpha is four times faster; if said Alpha is a pegasus, then the other races receive other benefits. This in itself means that the flight there will take you around ten hours, I would think.

Oh right. I’m faster now, that’s not something that happens to me, and I’m always awesome. But four  times faster? That’s insanely much, but I am inclined to believe it I guess. Rainbow though as she turned towards the northwest and took off, off towards Manehattan.

Good, see how fast you are already going? And this is without your magical light show, no wait, you called it a Sonic Rainboom, sorry. But it’s still a magical light show. Rainbow just grunted at the voice. No need to get angry! I am just stating facts. Since, if you hadn’t done that magical light show, you and your friends would not have your cutie marks. This in turn points towards the fact that the Sonic Rainboom was magic and a very big light show too. So yeah, that’s that. And if you wanted to, you could do Rainboom speeds right now if you wanted too. It’s not like you would get tired or anything, meaning you would get there faster. This is beneficial for the both of us. So come on now, speed up! She demanded, Rainbow did as she was asked. And sure enough the sound barrier was broken within seconds.

Rainbow smiled as she blazed through the sky at an immense speed. Rainbow looked down at the ground and found herself already past Canterlot; she was flying incredibly fast! She couldn’t believe it. One question. What exactly did you need me to do again?

I never said that did I? Well you see, I want you to act natural at first, but that’s easy to do… Though you really do stand out like a sore hoof, what with your rainbow mane and all. But that can be good to, so don’t worry your pretty little head.  You see, the thing is, I need an item, and the only way to get it is through ‘special’ connections so to speak. Don’t worry, I have everything you will need for this. When you get to Manehattan, I want you to find a special tavern, and you’ll need to ask the bartender something I will tell you when you get there. So don’t worry; everything will be fine. What could possibly go wrong?


“She flew so fast that she made a Sonic Rainboom, and that easily as well… That vampony thing sure makes pegasi a lot faster…” Twilight said to no one in particular as she went back into the library.

“Was that a Sonic Rainboom?” Rarity asked, and Twilight nodded. “Oh, that explains the loud explosion.” She looked around nervously, thinking about what to say next... “So, what happens now?” Rarity asked.

Twilight turned towards her with a solemn expression. “I have no idea actually. But I would think that waiting for Rainbow to get back would take far too long. I would say we go about doing our usual things, the everyday chores and whatnot. As for when the thing kicks in, well, I think waiting until tomorrow would be a good idea, since that sounds reasonable... But, in any case, I think you two should sleep here tonight. Since turning into a vampony would probably scare the ponies, or animals around you.” Fluttershy and Rarity nodded along as Twilight spoke. They turned to each other and nodded, and went out of the library.

“I guess that covers that then... Now where did I put that handbook again? I really need to look up turning other ponies. Knowing that process will surely help, I would think.” Twilight said to herself as she started to look around the library for the handbook that seemed to disappear whenever she didn’t look at it.

Twilight searched for a multitude of minutes, never finding the handbook. She was starting to get frustrated, but this soon stopped because of knocking on the library door could be heard. “COME IN! IT’S A PUBLIC LIBRARY!” she yelled out and heard the door open. She was expecting a grown pony, not the orange filly she had found in front of herself. “Scootaloo? What are you doing here? I didn’t know you read, maybe here to pick up some Daring Do?” Scootaloo looked up at Twilight with a troubled expression and shook her head.

“No, I’m here to ask something, and I want your help...” the filly said, avoiding Twilight’s gaze. Twilight sighed, knowing what the pegasus filly was going to ask.

“I think I have an idea, and what on Equestria could you possibly have that would make me help you in doing that? I will not help you ask Rainbow to turn you into a vampony; trust me, you don’t want that... And besides, what possible reason could you have for wanting that?” Twilight asked, still looking for that handbook.

“How did you even know I was going to ask that?” This question was answered by Twilight giving her a very, very flat look that made Scootaloo realize what she was pointing towards. “Oh, that, yeah, that was pretty obvious... I have something you want, that’s why you would want to help me.” This made Twilight look at her with confusion and tilted her head to the side. “Twilight, I can help you solve your little problem involving Dash, and yes, I can see it; it’s painstakingly obvious... The only pony not seeing it is Dash herself. I have a very good idea on how to get her to notice you.” Twilight’s expression turned serious as she trotted over to Scootaloo.

“I will think about it.” Twilight said, making the filly smile.


“Sister,” Luna said as she walked into Celestia’s sturdy. “Where were thou last night? Thou seemed rather distracted.” Luna pointed out, making Celestia look over at her smiling.

Celestia was standing by a very large bookshelf, looking for a book. “Dear sister, last night, there was something I had to do, nothing dangerous, but it required my immediate attention,  so don’t worry.” Luna gave her a look. “What is it sister? Did something happen?” Luna snorted at this.

“Nothing special happened last night? Did thou not visit Twilight Sparkle and her pegasus friend?” Luna asked as she moved closer to Celestia, who started to look rather nervous.

Celestia shifted uncomfortably and turned towards the bookshelf again. “Yes, it did have something to do with my faithful student, but it wasn’t anything you need concern yourself with.” Celestia said, trying to get her sister to go away from the topic at hand. Luna snorted yet again.

“Sister.” Luna said flatly. “Why art thou lying to us?” This made Celestia freeze completely. “We know what happened last night; I saw the entire thing... Why are thou lying to us about it? We could help her! We have personal experience with her kind!” Luna exclaimed, Celestia simply looked away from her sister.

Celestia coughed lightly, getting the attention of her sister. “Luna, I did not want this to trouble you. Nightmare Moon was a bad era in your life; I was trying to protect you. I did not want to hurt my sister.” Celestia said solemnly, forcing a smile to appear on her sister’s face. Celestia looked back to the bookshelf yet again, still talking to her sister. “I was looking for a book on the subject, but they are always so very hidden, but now that you are inclined to help, maybe you could give some personal input?” Celestia said as she looked at her sister who smiled and nodded, making Celestia herself smile as she embraced her sister in a loving hug.

“Thou should still have told us, but yes, we would love that very much sister. We would love that very much.” Luna said as they released from the hug and started to trot over to the sit in her sister’s study.


Rainbow Dash was closing in on Manehattan, and after only three hours, she recognized the scenery of the landscape she was flying over, traveling at a speed that still baffled her. But it didn’t annoy her at all, since it was her flying and not somepony else. That would have been something she would hate. Because she was the fastest flyer in Equestria, everypony knew that!

You’re closing in on Manehattan already? You sure are the fastest flier, but still, I shouldn’t expect less from an Alpha, but oh well.

I’m just that awesome, that explains everything. Manehattan could now be seen on the horizon, making Rainbow wonder what she was actually going to do there. I am really close now, so don’t you think it’s time for you to tell me what I’m supposed to do here? I don’t exactly know that. Rainbow explained as she started to slow down for the landing that would soon come.

Simple really, I need you to go to a certain spot, but before I tell you where, I want you to pick up a newspaper. It’s good for a pony to keep up-to-date with current events, and I’m also curious about something. Oh and don’t forget to retract your features. She reminded Rainbow who quickly retracted the features of her vamponyism, Rainbow’s new word for it.

Rainbow Dash landed a bit outside of the town, trying to be subtle. A newspaper? I guess I could do that pretty easily, I mean, it’s just a newspaper. She entered the city, immediately finding herself surrounded by huge skyscrapers all around her, intimidating Rainbow immensely. She was used to the open airspace around Ponyville, but this just seemed ridiculous.

After walking around the city, and lots and lots of ponies mucking around all over the place, Rainbow finally found a stand that sold newspapers. She plonked a bit on the counter and grabbed a newspaper before taking back into the air. She found the closest outcropping from one of the skyscrapers and landed. The little platform she now found herself on was very grey and plain. Luckily for Rainbow, there was a chair randomly standing on the huge building. Rainbow just shrugged the weirdness off and sat down in the chair to begin reading:

The Equestria Daily, the Hide interview

As all citizens might remember, last weekend there was a robbery of the largest bank in the entirety of Manehattan. The suspects were the infamous Greasy Hide and his followers. He was declared not guilty the day after he was arrested. Following the court decision, this was what he had to say, “It’s sad when a city accuses an innocent pony of something they haven’t done. I might not be the nicest stallion, but I still believe in ethics.” Following this, yesterday there was a lawsuit issued by Mr. Hide himself against the entire city of Manehattan, baffling the entire population of our wonderful city with the successful verdict in his case. The jury was overwhelmed by the evidence he had showed them, some might say they had been bribed, but we here at The Equestria Daily fully believes that Greasy is a very honest stallion and would never go as low as bribery. The lawsuit ended with the mayor of Manehatan giving Greasy Hide and his closest man Steadfast Shield complete immunity in the eyes of the law, something nopony in the entire history of our fine country has ever gotten before. During the pause of court we managed to get another quote from Mr. Hide: “I issued this lawsuit because I can’t stand this city accuses innocents, I’m here standing up for civil right.” This of course lead to disbelief when there was no new law created about civil rights. This is unfortunate, but there have been rumors about the mayor bribing them with their new immunity instead of creating new laws. If this shows to be true, the mayor would most probably be arrested himself, but there would be nothing the Police could do about Greasy and Steadfast due to their new gained immunity. Yesterday when court had finished we were allowed yet another interview with Mr. Hide, but he shied away but left one quote for you readers: “Corruption in the government of this city is a bad thing, and I will do everything in my might to stop it.” Was all we got before he needed to get rest... Before we end this column we have one last quote from one of Greasy Hide’s advisors, we never got his name. “We have already begun our operation of making sure that no innocent will ever be accused ever again.” After this quote had been spoken, the advisor disappeared in a puff of smoke.

, Top News

Rainbow Dash read through the article one more time. She wasn’t sure what to believe. He sued the entire city? How is that even possible? And now he’s immune to the law? Who is this guy?

Why did it have to be him? I thought he was dead... How can he still be alive?

Uhm, excuse me miss ghost person, but how do you know this guy? Rainbow asked as she stood up from the chair and stretched her limbs, letting out a small moan at the release of tension.

Let’s just say he’s dangerous and that you haven’t seen the last of him, not by a long shot. And he’s over 200 years old, how he managed that, I have a pretty good idea. It still bugs me, and whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not engage him in combat, ever, or his living shield, Steadfast. The probability of you dying horribly is nearly guaranteed... At least right now... Enough with that; let’s get to business then, shall we?

Yeah let’s do that. Where was I supposed to go again? Rainbow asked as she took to the sky, hovering over the streets of Manehattan.

I need you to fly over to Cenpony Park, and look around the edges for a bar. This bar will be called “A Pony’s Lucky Drink.” You need to place yourself at the bar and say a specific phrase to the bartender.

And what would that be?

The phrase is “Om man förstorar en potatis, vad händer med kärnan?” and if you can’t pronounce that, I recommend writing it down.

That would probably help. Rainbow simply though as she landed on the ground and started looking for a store that sold quill and paper. She wasn’t a stranger to writing; it was just something she didn't do very often. It didn’t help that she wrote like a crow or worse. But at least it was coherent.

Rainbow continued her trek towards Cenpony Park in search of a story, and wouldn’t you know, at the corner facing the park itself was a store neatly called “Quills and Paper.”

Rainbow felt that this sounded oddly familiar to something in Ponyville; she couldn’t quite point out what though.

After getting the paper and quill, Rainbow flew up on a building and wrote down the weird phrase that the ghost recited for her yet again.

She now found herself trotting around the edge of Cenpony Park, trying to find this bar she had been told to find. What is this phrase going to do anyway, and how do you even know it if it does? Rainbow asked as she remembered that the ghost had said that she couldn’t interact with anything but her and a little bit with the friends she had turned, remembering that made Rainbow’s stomach churn uncomfortably.

What the phrase has no relevance to anything, but the phrase is in the ancient language of Swepony, nearly dead at this point, but a few ponies still remember... And well, I know it because, well, let’s just say they allowed me to see it, hard to explain, but I just know it, ok? On the topic of remembering things, remember when Twilight told you about the crazy vamponies? Rainbow nodded, not wanting to interrupt. Yeah, well, I remembered that I didn’t tell you that one of my children somehow managed to break free. Trust me, you don’t want to try; cause’ if you don’t have the materials, you die, and the materials no longer exists... Well, anyway, the one who got away, he was a very odd fellow; he was crazy, oh I love crazy! But he has turned ponies into his messed up version of vamponies, who are completely feral and have no sense of moral or anything. They obey him without question. His grunts are generally weaker than your grunts, since he doesn’t have my help. I add a lot to the equation, and if you were ever to be put up against him, which I don’t doubt could happen, you would have a fighting chance... He’s not the strongest unicorn... Anyway, sorry for rambling, I do believe we just got to the bar.

Rainbow shook her head and looked around her. Sure enough, she was standing just outside of “A Pony’s Lucky Drink.” Rainbow trotted inside.

The first thing she felt when she trotted in was the smell; it smelled like a crowd of ponies had puked at the same time. It did not smell very nice, in fact, it smelled like horse puke as Rainbow so delicately put it. The bar was already in full motion and yet, the time had barely hit 4pm, but it was a Saturday, so Rainbow put it as normal.

The ponies sitting around the small, round tables that were standing in the room looked like your everyday pony, like the ones you could find around Ponyville, but what stood out more as she walked closer to the bar was that there were barely any mares in the bar, maybe one or two but no more. This didn’t faze Rainbow, but it was still odd to see more stallions than mares, especially when the majority of Ponyville consisted of mares.

 The cyan pegasus trotted over to the bar, immediately getting the attention of the barkeep standing behind the desk. “What would a lovely mare like you want on a day like this?” he asked as he cleaned a glass with a cloth.

 Say something, don’t just give him the paper yet, wait a while. The ghost’s advice was accepted as Rainbow started to speak.

 “Apple family cider, I don’t feel ready for anything hard just yet.” The barkeep nodded and went into the backroom to get her some of her favorite cider. Applejack might be her rival, and very good friend, but boy could her family make cider.

 Aah, yes, Apple family cider, that’s good stuff from what I hear.

 It’s the best. Rainbow replied. She looked up and the barkeep came out from behind the bar with a huge cup of cider.

 “Here ya go! Hope it fits your tastes.” he said as he went back to cleaning old mugs with a damp cloth.

 Rainbow took a swig of cider, and almost instantly she heard snickering behind her. She shrugged it off as somepony telling a joke. This place really smells. Why did you have to pick here of all places? But what’s good about this place is that they have Apple cider; that’s a big plus. That stuff is the drink of gods, Rainbow remarked into her mind, but there was no reply, at least not instantly. Oh well, I guess she went to the toilet or something… Do ghosts even need to use the toilet? She pondered this while taking another chug of the cider.

 No, I was in fact, not on the toilet. Ghosts don’t need toilets for the same things as living ponies, but we do use it to flush away ghost residue… Or rather, exhaustion; we give off this powder, and if a pony were to absorb or ingest said power, they would become very stressed… I don’t even know why I’m telling you this, but oh well. Get the bartender back over here!

 Rainbow took one last giant swig of cider, finishing the mug in three sips and causing the bar to cheer inexplicably. She motioned for the barkeep to come back over. “What is it?” he asked, Rainbow took out the piece of paper she had written the phrase on and gave it to him. He quickly read it over and his eye twitched, making Rainbow very confused.  “I see.” he simply said before he went into the back of the bar.

 

 After several minutes of Rainbow just sitting there on her chair thinking, the stallion finally came back out from the back, his expression rather serious at this point, which only made Rainbow’s curiosity peak at what would happen next. “Lady, would you please follow me into the back?” he asked politely and opened the swing-door to the inside of the bar. Rainbow rose from her chair and nodded while walking over to the very inconspicuous door.

 Be prepared for anything.

 And then there was that noise that Rainbow recognized as the ghost going away. Great, she says to be prepared, and then leaves. Isn’t that just the nicest thing? I mean, this could potentially be dangerous maybe? No, that’s impossible, right? Nothing can possibly go wrong with walking into something completely unknown… Right?

 Rainbow was led through the building, up and down stairs, through multiple corridors, until finally she arrived at a door. The barkeep motioned for her to walk inside. Rainbow read the sign of the door. It said ‘Greasy Hide, New owner of the Dole Corporation’ Him? Oh Celestia, this is going to get ugly isn’t it? Rainbow gulped and reached for the door.

 Inside looked like any normal office. There was a huge wooden desk at the back of the room with multiple office accessories like pencils and paper. The entire room was surrounded by a huge bookshelf, all of them filled to the brim with books. Though they were very neatly kept, there was still something off.

 Behind the desk sat a pony, white coat, tan mane, earth pony. He removed his glasses as he looked straight at her with a judging look. Beside him stood one of the largest stallions who Rainbow Dash had ever laid eyes upon, easily bigger than Big Mac, and he was big! The look on the giant’s face was like a wall, stern and steadfast. I guess the big one is that Steadfast guy then; how come both are earth ponies? And that small guy must be Greasy, I would think… I do hope this goes well… She did say these two were really dangerous, oh Celestia, what have I gotten myself into? She thought to herself as she slowly walked inside, the door closing slowly behind her.

 Greasy looked at her for a couple of seconds before finally ending the silence. “Are you the one who gave the bartender this piece of paper?” he asked, showing her the little note she had written not even an hour ago. Rainbow simply nodded. “I see, that must mean you want the ‘Räkmacka’ right?” Rainbow didn’t know, but she still nodded. “I thought so, but the one who sent you must have a lot of faith in you, because getting the ‘Räkmacka’ takes a lot of skill, at least, I would think it does. Since you obviously didn’t come here by your own accord, I can only assume who sent you. But that doesn’t matter, since I already know who you are, Rainbow Dash.” he said with a smug smile as he pushed his glasses back onto his muzzle. This was beginning to scare Rainbow and she was visibly nervous. “No need to get nervous, miss Dash. I don’t want to hurt you; I just want you to take my test to make sure you’re up to the task of getting my ‘Räkmacka’. So would you please follow my good friend Steadfast here and get ready for a hard fight.” Before Rainbow could ask any questions, she was being pushed out of the room by the giant hulk of a stallion that had stood beside Greasy.

 “Hey! Stop pushing me! I can walk just fine by myself!” Rainbow protested, making Steadfast grunt in annoyance and walk away. Rainbow followed him, still annoyed at the stallion’s giant hooves on her flank; it made her feel really uncomfortable.

 Steadfast lead her down several flights of stairs, never up any stairs, but that was because when they came to the lowest floor, Steadfast motioned for Rainbow to walk through a door. On the other side of said door, there was a circle surrounded by buildings. Multiple windows were open, and the ponies in these windows were looking straight at her; she even saw Greasy in one of them.

 She slowly walked further into the small courtyard before being met by a number of ponies, five to be exact, who looked like thugs. Not your normal everyday, scrawny thugs with weapons, no, these were the kind with huge muscles that could scare a pony into giving up their money.

 One of the stallions walked forward towards her with a very angry look. “Little pegasus, the test Mr. Hide has placed before you is to defeat us in combat. All five of us against a puny, pegasus mare.” He said as he socked Rainbow straight in the muzzle, knocking her over.

 Rainbow Dash quickly jumped to her hooves, taking a defensive stance. One of the stallions charged at her with incredible speed, but Rainbow evaded it like it was nothing. He crashed into the building, making him dizzy. Rainbow took this as her signal and bucked him straight in the stomach, making him fly into the far wall. This scared Rainbow as she hadn’t meant to do that.

 She didn’t even get to think it over before another of the stallions charged into her, tearing out all the air in Dash’s lungs. She gasped breathlessly as the stallion punched her in the face and threw her towards one of his friends who bucked her in the back.

 “ARGH!” she screamed when she heard the sound of bones snapping. She flew into the nearby wall, just laying there…

 “C’mon, Rainbow Dash! I thought you had more fight in you than this! Already breaking your back, how lame is that!?” She could hear Greasy yell from his window.

 This made Rainbow’s frustration increase, and she managed to stand up, without any pain in her back. She ignored this and charged the biggest of the stallions in the courtyard, immediately knocking him out.

 Now there were only three stallions left against her. They all charged at her. She simply took to the air. The stallions stopped before they ran into each other, but not on Rainbow’s pass! She grabbed all of their heads and slammed them together, making them stumble away from each other. Then there was the pain in her wings coming from nowhere; they began to hurt like fire spreading over her entire body. She fell to the ground, the pain dispersing as her hooves met the ground.

“No cheating, Miss Dash. I got my best unicorns to enchant this place, making pegasus flight one of the worst things you could do!” Greasy explained, only making Rainbow even angrier.

 One of the remaining stallions charged at her, and she somehow roundhouse kicked him in the muzzle, knocking him out completely. This is getting creepy, how am I this strong? I know I’m supposed to be strong, since vampony and everything, but, seriously this is scary. Let’s just hope I can get out of here. This is not something I had planned- Her though process was interrupted as she heard the sound of a knife being pulled out from its sheath.

 Rainbow quickly looked around and found that both of the stallions had pulled knifes and were holding them in their mouths. One of them charged her, and she easily avoided him. But she missed something; she didn’t even get to react before the other stallion had cut a bleeding wound on her forehead, making blood fill her vision.

 In her bloody rage, her entire body changed, making her vampony features appear as she charged the one who had cut her forehead, slitting his throat with her teeth and causing him to fall over, dead.

 She looked towards the last stallion, her mind filled with rage. The stallion looked afraid, so afraid that he started to scream. Rainbow ran over to him in less than a second. She grabbed him and threw him thirty feet into the air. He rammed into the ground with a huge pound.

 In her rage, she flew up to Greasy’s window, completely ignoring the pain that shot through her wing. She hovered there, looking right at him with the reddest of eyes. “Where is it?” she demanded with such rage.

 “You’ve won. Don’t expect me to congratulate you; the fact that you are a vampony only confirms my suspicions, and don’t even think about hitting me. You would regret it, very quickly. Trust me. But yeah, you deserved it. So here it is, the ‘Räkmacka’” he said as he reached into his desk, pulling out a small box of metal with an aura of importance about it. He shook his head in disappointment and hoofed her the small box.

 Rainbow grabbed the box and placed it in her saddle bags.

 She took to the air, her eyes still filled with rage. She quickly left the city’s borders to calm down, still filled with rage…

 Great! You’re back! … Oh no, this is bad… You have to land. RIGHT NOW!