"No I don' wanna get up" I said sleepily trying to cover my ears with my hooves.
"Come on now, little Scootaloo" shouted Zecora.
"Why so loud?"
"I'm not speaking loud. I have been whispering" I groaned. "You are now a fully fledged vampire. This means your senses will be heightened. " This caused me to groan again.
When I opened my eyes I was assaulted by a bright light. Shutting my eyes I complained "why is it like the sun in here?"
"I shall turn down the lights so that your eyes may become accustomed."
Slowly squinting I noticed the light became dimmer. Blinking, I looked around the hut where an orange banner was sprawled across the ceiling with the words 'Happy Birthday Scootaloo' written across it.
" It's my birthday" whispered dreamily to myself although in reality I might as well have talked loudly. I sighed. This was going to take some time getting used too.
"I think it is time for you to open some birthday presents" Zecora said smiling while gesturing to a small pile of wrapped, birthday presents.
I smiled. I grabbed the closest gift and tore the wrapping paper away with my fangs, which came hoofy or in this case fangy, in ripping things up. The wrapping paper revealed a pair of wraparound shades.
Zecora then explained "these sunglasses will help ease the blinding light"
I nodded my thanks before moving onto my other gifts which turned out to be: a pair of purple ear muffs, Daring do and the dragons gauntlet, a survival guide and a large, black, silky cloak. I stared at the cloak with a confused expression.
Zecora must've noticed my face because she then said "This cloak is no usual cloak. It is in fact an illusion cloak. Anypony who sees you in this piece of clothing will not recognise you for who you really are and as soon as their gaze shifts from your appearance they will immediately forget even seeing you."
"Could it even work on you?" I asked.
"Yes although I highly advice against putting it on I front of me as I would immidietly forget who you really are and then I would kick you out" she warned.
***
All of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Normally I would fly through the window but considering every pony probably knew I was living, I didn't bother other than standing away from view of the door. Zecora answered the door
"Oh hello Applebloom and Sweetie Belle. What can I do for you today?"
This made my eyes widen to the size of saucers. I looked around in a panic hoping to find somewhere to hide. I may have been ready to face Rainbow Dash and her friends but I was definitely not ready to face my friends especially Applebloom. Suddenly I remembered that I could now transform into a bat. Concentrating hard, I imagined myself as a bat. I felt a tingling sensation cover my entire body. Opening my eyes again I saw that I had shrunk. Looking down at my body, I saw an orange, leathery body, I gasped. It had worked. I zoomed over to Zecora's bed an hid under it.
"Hi Zecora, we heard that Scootaloo has been staying with you" Sweetie Belle replied.
"That's right" Zecora confirmed warily.
"How come have ah never seen when ah visited!" Applebloom shouted which made my ears ring.
"Er she was always out" Zecora said awkwardly.
"oh" Applebloom muttered sounding hurt. "Well is she here now?"
"Ye-" she started to say but was confused with hen she turned around to find an empty room. "She was here" Zecora exclaimed while itching her head with a dumbfounded expression.
"Where did she go?"
"How can ah pony just dissappear" they both asked as they started to look around the hut. I hoped they didn't find me.
Zecora chuckled "Trust me that mare has her ways"
All of a sudden I saw a great, big white face with emerald-green eyes which immediately grew wide in both fear and shock as she literally let out an ear piercing scream.
"AAAAAAH, THERE'S A BAT!" Sweetie screamed. The screams were so loud that it felt like my head was hammered with nails. Suddenly my vision grew dark...
***
"Now concentrate dear fledgling" the voice of an elderly stallion instructed. I looked over to my mentor, Elthread. He was a dark, stormy-grey pony with a sweeping, long, black mane and scarlet eyes; he had a long unicorn horn along with the leathery wings of a vampire.
"Don't take your eyes of your prey" he snapped causing me to look back at the mountain lion that we had been stalking. Elthread had been teaching me the art of hunting.
"Sorry master" I said immediately averting my gaze back to the mountain lion which was sitting atop large rock while bathing itself, seemingly unaware of the two predators that had been following it in hopes of lunch.
"Now, do you remember what I said?"
"Yes master, always bite the preys spine and paralyse it. Then bite the neck and suck" I recited.
"Close but you are missing one crucial step"
"We must never kill" me and Elthread both said simultaneously.
"That's right, my little fledgling. Now let's give ourselves a nice delicious snack"
Both vampires looked at the mountain lion. Then lunged...
I groaned as I slowly opened my eyes to reveal three concerned faces. "What happened?" I asked not caring if Applebloom or Sweetie Belle saw me.
"It would appear Sweetie Belle here has a fear of bats. Her screams overwhelmed your senses and you ultimately passed out" Zecora explained.
"I'm so sorry I didn't realise. I didn't even know you could turn into a bat" Sweetie Belle stammered apologetically.
"You're sorry? But why, I thought you hated me?"
Sweetie Belle and Applebloom both glanced at each other but then asked "Hate ya? Why, you did us a favour"
"I I did but I broke your nose and bit you"
"Yah but that was only temporary. It was practically just a scratch" Applebloom stated while shrugging.
Sweetie Belle then added "I'll admit I was a bit peeved of at first but then I realised something..." Sweetie Belle paused in attempt to build up suspense, she then burst out "You got rid of Diamond Tiarra for us. Because of you that witch is wheel chair bound and is being homeschooled. I mean I know I shouldn't be happy that she can't move anymore but ever since that happened, we haven't been bullied once"
I looked down that was when I noticed something.
"Hey you've got your cutie mark." I exclaimed with a small smile, pointing to a music note positioned in front of a pink heart. Appleblooms cutie mark was two wooden hammers in an X shape positioned in front of a vibrant, red apple with a bite mark.
"Oh, err, thanks" replied Sweetie Belle while nervously moving her hoof across the floor while trying to avoid looking at my blank flank.
"Hey, maybe we could try and help yah get yer cutie mark."
I let out a weak chuckle "hehe that's OK girls, but it's impossible for me to get a cutie mark. Only vampires who get turned after having their cutie marks and even then they lose their cutie mark magic"
"But why?"
I just shrugged my shoulders.
"Well we got you presents" Sweetie Belle stated while levitating two gift wrapped gifts. One with blue wrapping paper and and the second one in red wrapping paper.
I took the blue one first, which was from Sweetie Belle, and opened it to reveal a light up blue and red yoyo that made a whizzing noise when going up and down. I smiled, yoyos were one of my favourite type of toys.
I then opened the red present, which was larger than the blue present, to reveal a homemade scooter. It was painted red with yellow lightning bolts. Unlike my old scooter, which had four wheels, this one however had two wheels. I instantly fell in love with it. I rushed over to it to feel the soft, blue handle bars and gently stood on it, feeling the wood hold my weight. I slowly started to scooter around the shack making sure to avoid any important furniture and cauldrons.
"Ah noticed that you broke your last one so I decided tah make yah this new one" Appleblooms exclaimed proudly while puffing out her chest.
I then made a confused face "Why are you doing this. I thought you hated me?"
"Oh Scootaloo, we never hated you. I'll admit I may have been angry but I eventually forgave you after I saw that Applebloom still didn't blame you" Sweetie explained.
"But I hurt you."
"Like ah said, ahm an earth pony a broken nose is basically a scratch"
I raised my eyebrow at this but didn't pursue any further. While we had been talking I didn't see the pair of red eyes staring through the windows...