”MASTER! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!” Surprise exclaimed, jumping around in Rainbow’s room.
“Ugh, please stop calling me master, please, it’s weird.” Rainbow placed a hoof to her head due to the sudden headache she had just got from Surprise’s yelling. “Where were you doing last night anyway?”
Surprise placed a hoof on her chest. “Who, me? I was playing with Pinkie, preparing for my party, which is later today, and it’s going to be awesome!” She said making a huge smile.
“O—kay… That will be interesting… Why did you wake me up anyway? And how did you even get here?”
“Oh silly, that’s easy, I got here since I’m partly you, of course I know where I… I mean YOU live. It would be weird if I didn’t know.” She made a laughing snort. “That’s kind of funny… OH and I woke you up since I stayed up all night in here and the Princess arrived not too long ago, isn’t that right Princess?” Surprise said, looking towards the door, where, in fact, stood Princess Luna.
“Verily, we are indeed here to start thine trainings. Though, we do recommend getting some food before we take off towards the designated location.” She said in a very authoritative voice. “You see, these kinds of excursions should only happen where certain… Conditions are made.” Luna said, in a secretive voice.
“Right, makes sense, all these powers are kinda scaring me…” Rainbow stood up from her bed and stretched her entire body until she heard the satisfying cracking noise that usually came with the exercise. “Let’s get eating.” She walked past Princess Luna and walked into her kitchen, opening her fridge, checking for anything edible, she found yoghurt. Meh, I’m not THAT hungry, this will probably be enough… OK, that’s not something I would usually say, but, meh, I’m not hungry. She quickly drank the entire container of Yoghurt and breathed out in enjoyment as she finished. “Now THAT is something I could do every morning.” She turned to the other two ponies currently stading in her kitchen, Luna was tilting her head slightly to the side at the sight of Rainbow drinking yoghurt. Surprise, well, she was simply smiling. “What? I don’t really need anything more, I don’t feel hungry.” Luna rolled her eyes at that.
“Oh yoghurt, I LOVE YOGHURT!” Surprise exclaimed, jumping towards the fridge and taking a container of yoghurt for her to drink. Before Rainbow Dash or Luna could even react, the container had been emptied.
“She certainly has an appetite.” Luna commented, still staring at the white pegasus.
“She sure does…” Well, that was weird… Wait, shouldn’t we try to go and train? I think that would be a very good idea. I do wonder what the training will involve… Wait, didn’t Clover —the magical ghost—say that I am one of the few ponies that have ice hooves? I wonder if the Princess knows anything about that. Rainbow continued to ponder this as she walked out her door. “Huh, wha? Oh, right. Are you two coming? I think we should get this started as soon as possible and then yesterday’s accident won’t happen again.” Rainbow said with a laugh.
“Yeah, we should totally do that, I would really like to know how to use all these cool abilities, I mean, they seem really cool, except for being bad, but, oh well, and I don’t care about that, since I know my friends wouldn’t think less about me because of it, but I, personally, don’t have any real friends yet, except maybe you and Pinkie, and maybe Twilight, oh and Ghostie! Can’t forget about her! Oh and maybe the Princess, would you like to be my friend Princess?” Surprise rambled and stopped, looking right at the Princess.
“We would be happy to accept thine request; we would be delighted to be thy friend. Now, should we all get going?” The Princess said with a slight smile.
The two pegasi nodded and they all took off.
Twilight let out a large yawn as she slowly awoke from a good night’s sleep. Well, that, was a relaxing evening of sleep, weird though, I would have expected this night to be sleepless, what with all that happened yesterday… Wait a minute… Whatever did happen to Pinkie and Surprise yesterday? Well, the library is still standing, that is certainly a good sign. She rose from her bed, looking out her window. What she saw was how normal the town looked, this slightly surprised her but it also gave off a big feeling of relief. “Well, that’s good.” She remarked, slowly standing up from her bed. “Spike, wake up, time for a new day.” She said as she used her magic to lift Spike from his basket.
“Huh? What’s happening? Oh, it’s morning… Fine, fine, I’m awake, so, please release me from your magic?” As soon as he said it, she did release him from her magic field.
“Great, good. Now would you be so kind to make breakfast for the two of us? I need to fix myself up a bit first.” Spike nodded at this and waddled off towards the kitchen, humming a familiar tune. “Oh Spike, you are so adorable when you addle in the morning.” She said to herself as she started to make herself presentable for the day.
As she finished she smiled in satisfaction and walked downstairs to get her breakfast. When she entered the kitchen, a pancake flew through the air and landed on one of the plates on the dinner table. “Hah, I knew I could do it!” Spike exclaimed happily.
“Spike, didn’t I tell you NOT to play with food? It’s a bad habit to have… Though, be happy you hit the plate this time.” She said in a playful voice.
“Yeah, yeah, I know… Still, I am finished with the food now though. So now, let’s eat, shall we?” He said as he placed the rest of the pancakes on the table.
“Sure Spike, let’s!” She said happily and grabbed one of the pancakes in her magic and levitated it towards her mouth, but she was interrupted by the sound of a door flying open.
“TWILIGHT!” Rairity called out. “THIS IS HORRIBLE! OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN, THIS IS. THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!” She exclaimed as she stood in the door.
“Whatever do you mean?” Twilight asked as she saw her distraught friend.
“Mirrors my dear, I cannot see myself in mirrors and that IS NOT something good, I cannot make myself pretty using mirrors any longer, this is horrid… Though I do have myself to blame… I didn’t really ask if there were any repercussions with the curse… Which I really should have seen coming, what with it being a curse and all… But if this is the price I have to pay for helping one of my dearest friends out of something so horrible, it’s the least I could do… I actually only came here to hear if you would be so kind as to help me with my morning activities.” Rarity explained, though she couldn’t hide the fact that she was hyperventilating.
“Well, I guess I could, I don’t see why not… But wouldn’t it be smarter to get help from the spa, or maybe Fluttershy? Both of those seem a lot more sensible than coming to me with this issue…” Twilight said as she finally placed a pancake in her mouth.
“Well yes, normally I would do that… But I am not exactly sure going to the spa with these.” She pointed at her newly grown fangs. “Is such a good idea. And I tried going to Fluttershy’s house earlier today, and well, she clearly isn’t taking this very well, she has decided to lock herself up because she think she’s somehow a monster now. What is even weirder is that she should let me inside, being in the same situation, but she’s to scared… I hope she get’s over it…” Rarity said with a frown.
Twilight rose from her seat and placed a hoof over Rarity’s shoulder. “Don’t worry Rarity, I’m sure she will get over it, she just needs to learn the basics of vampony physiology… To remove the fangs from your mouth, you only have to will them away, and they will disappear all by themselves… As for not being able to see yourself in the mirror… Well, you can, but only during the night… So there’s that…” Twilight explained, smiling sheepishly. “Now, let me finish my breakfast and I can get to helping you, how does that sound?” She asked Rarity as she released her from her grip.
“Yes, I would like that, I would like that very much.”
Just then, Applejack stood in her orchard and something popped into her head. Now that’s odd, RD’s usually sleeping in one of mah trees at least every other day and she isn’t doing that now… I wonder what’s going on, maybe I should pay her a visit.
If one were to look at the training Princess Luna was putting Rainbow Dash and Surprise through, one would first notice the intense yelling from the Princess of the Night… But that was mostly on Surprise, whom was surprisingly clumsier than Rainbow Dash, not something a pony would expect if you simply were to look at the two. The training itself could from the outside seem like a completely normal exercising pass, nothing extraordinary… But in you were to look a bit deeper and understand exactly WHAT they were training, their motions would give of something completely different. What they were really doing… Well, it may sound simple, but still, they were learning how to better use their newly gained abilities from being vamponies. But as mentioned earlier, it looked like a normal training pass, well, not exactly normal, they were being trained by a Princess, but that’s beside the point… So you see, they were having a nice and very intense spar, which can’t really be nice, but you probably get the point.
“BLOCK!” The Princess yelled, very loudly. This made them flinch for a second. This opened the perfect opportunity for the Princess to hit again, and she sure did. She smashed the both of them into the ground, still not even using her full capabilities, at all. “See? This is what happens when you lose concentration on something, thou should always remember that raw power is never the answer. Training and carefully planning out your next move is always the best way to go about things. And besides, we are training you in this, just because you need the basic control before we can help you with all the other, more complicated issues.” She said sternly, standing over the two as they slowly stood up from the ground.
Geez, that was a really cliché speech, that’s like the plot of every power thing ever… La di da, learn to control yourself… I know, I know, there’s something in there, but still, it’s cliché, you have to admit to that. Rainbow thought as she stood up once more.
Well obviously, I would know… But yes, control is important, more so for you… Considering the outburst and all. Though, that probably won’t happen again, since, well, that was triggered by anger and well, you know what happened to her.
Oh I do, I do very much… Now, how to outsmart the Princess… Rainbow pondered this while trying to look as if she was actually concentrating on what the Princess was lecturing them about now.
“You see, without proper coordination, you will lose. And that will not be good, not good at all. Now, are thou ready for another try? If you manage to get one hit of, we can call the day well spent. We doubt you will be able to.” The Princess flew into the air and started to hover. “Now, come at me with all you’ve got.
Rainbow charged aimlessly at her, without thinking really. What surprised Luna was the fact that she could see that Surprise was planning something, she just couldn’t figure out what. She would see that later, now she had to take care of Rainbow Dash.
As Rainbow Dash neared the Princess, Luna quickly avoided it. What surprised Luna this time was the fast reaction from the pegasus. Rainbow had quickly turned around and started to charge at the Princess once again, this time nearly hitting her. But Luna was too quick for RD. She flew out of the way and teleported herself on top of the pegasus, pushing the both of them towards the ground, slightly hurting Rainbow Dash.
Now came the unexpected, just as they hit the ground, Surprise hit Luna right in the side, ramming her off Rainbow Dash. It was a clear hit and as Surprise stood up from Luna, she could see a smile appearing on the Princess’s face.
“Very good, thou used my temporary inability to notice you coming at us. It worked now, but remember, it might not work when you’re alone. But alas, we did promise you could get off now, so, go off, dilly dally, we need this specific pegasus to learn her tactics.” She said, motioning towards Rainbow. Surprise gave a nod and once again, a huge smile appeared on her face. Luna trotted over to the body of Rainbow Dash, whom was slowly starting to stand up once again. “We are disappointed in you; we would have thought that since that since you are an Alpha you would at least be able to get a single hit off. And as you might know, Surprise just got one. It might have been luck, but she still did plan it, which makes her better than you, and yet, her raw power is so much lower, since she’s only just a part of you. What surprises me even more is the lack of help from the Mother or Clover as we have come to discover. She know everything about this, everything. And now you ask, how do we know she’s in your head? Simple really, she was in ours when we still were Nightmare Moon and the fact that she helped Twilight Sparkle getting into your head. We give you one last final chance to show your worth, and if you don’t, intense training that you won’t like, will happen.” She said, sternly, staring coldly at Rainbow Dash.
As Rainbow rose from her position in the ground, her face had turned very determined. Well, that certainly means that the plan was successful, and she doesn’t even know it… Wait, are you sure this will work?
Oh yes, she has no idea you can do that, no idea at all, but that’s mostly because she doesn’t have it… So yeah, this might just surprise her.
“Ok, yeah, it was silly of me, but I am ready to thump you to the ground so can we get started?” Rainbow Dash said in a very daring and intense tone as she glared slightly at the Princess.
“Thou are very silly if you think you intimidate us. But, ok then, fire away.” She said as she flew up into the air once again, taking a stance and starting to hover.
Remember now, do exactly as you planned, wait, I made the plan… Just follow the plan and she will be surprised and such…
Yeah yeah, I know that. Rainbow claimed as she lift off from the ground.
Before Luna could react, Rainbow Dash had disappeared from her view. She felt a large push of air from above her and when she looked, Luna could see a rainbow streak coming towards her. It came closer and closer and just when it was about to hit her she quickly dove away. The rainbow streak continued downwards and a very steady cone was forming around Rainbow Dash, Luna had no idea what was happening. It exploded with a large boom and the light was extremely intense. It blinded the Princess, when she could finally see again she had no idea what was happening and she was knocked out of her hovering state. She started to fall, unable to understand what was happening.
Rainbow Dash could be seen flying even further up in the sky. She stopped and looked down at the falling Princess. She won’t get hurt really, she’s a Princess. That was Rainbow dash’s though process as she started to speed downwards. When she had gained a very large momentum she started channeling energy into her hoof, making it into solid ice, she placed her hoof over her head and continued to channel energy and the ice slowly started to take over her entire body. Her entire body was now encased in a block of solid ice, falling towards the Princess at an alarming speed.
The Princess hit the ground with a thump, barely getting any bruises from the fall, she could see the ice falling towards her and she was completely unable to move as it came close, and closer, and closer.
The ice finally hit…
About ten feet away from her person.
The ice broke and out came Rainbow Dash with a large grin on her face as she slowly walked towards the Princess. “Hey Princess, what do you say about that? Kinda good, if you ask me, could have been cooler, didn’t need to be though. I never planned on hitting you with the ice, not really, it was more a show of my awesome skills and bet it was really unexpected, especially from you expression. I’m sorry, but you look really shocked right now and it’s hilarious.” Rainbow started snickering.
Princess Luna shook her head and tried to regain her previous composure. “Well yes, we are very confused… We did not expect that you could do a Sonic Rainboom just like that; it seems we don’t know as much as we did before. And the ice, I suspect it’s something from the vampony powers, there could be no other way of that happening otherwise, not at all… It’s not something a normal pony can do, so that has to be the best explanation… Something we did notice was that you can plan something if you want to, that was a smart move, not something we would expect from a new timer… At the same time, you doing a Sonic rainboom, that’s probably the least probable thing of them all, it was only a myth before, you are the first to actually do it… Still, we did know you could do it, but not that easily. And the way you used everything in combination, we commend you for that plan, it was smart and much unexpected. We would say that this has been a good day of practice, even if though it was simply basic things. You would not have defeated us, we could have taken the hit, sure we might have been damaged but not anything serious, we are more durable than we look. We are happy you do have this much control already, but do not by any means think you are capable of great things just yet, we do not want a repeat of yesterday.” The Princess lectured.
Rainbow’s cheeks flushed lightly at the recall of her embarrassment of yesterday. “Yeah, I know. Today was kind of just me wanting to prove a point by being all flashy and stuff.” The Princess nodded to this. “Yeah… Hey Princess, wanna come to the party Pinkie Pie is having for Surprise? I think it’s going to start soon. “
“We would be delighted to attend, the soirée’s at the castle are usually really daft, a party made by the Element of Laughter? Now that, sounds like fun.” The Princess declared with a rather unexpected smile.
“Yeah, she does throw the greatest parties… Now, should we get going?” Rainbow asked nicely and the Princess nodded slowly and they walked towards the town.
What they didn’t expect to find… Well, they didn’t expect to see anypony really, but who they saw made Rainbow cringe a bit.
“Aj…” Rainbow sighed.
Applejack was standing at the far end of the field, staring at the two of them as they neared her location, her mouth hanging agape. Applejack herself, well, she didn’t move, at all.
As they closed on her location, Applejack shook her head, trying to understand what was going on. “Wait, wait just a minute here. What in tarnation did just happen? And why on Equestria does Rainbow Dash have fangs in her mouth? Care to explain, RD? Wait a minute, why do you have it too, Princess?” She asked, staring skeptically at them.
“Applejack, Element of Honesty, calm down. We were only helping the Element of Loyalty learn her new capabilities as a vampony. And we have a vast knowledge on the subject, since we are one, we thought it would be a good idea to train her so something bad doesn’t happen.” The Princess explained rather calmly.
Applejacks reaction was something a little bit more extreme. She could be seen starting to sweat of fear and it annoyed Rainbow Dash. “Y’all are vamponies? That’s… Oh sweet Celestia help me!” She hollered as she ran off.
“Oh crap, she took that rather good, considering, at least she didn’t yell as loudly as possible.”
And almost as if directed, Applejack started to scream.
“Well great, now everypony in town will know, great, just great… Well, at least it can’t get any worse, right?” She asked the Princess who looked at her in shock. “What?”
“You said the forbidden line… On the creator this is bad.” Rainbow was totally confused as to what the Princess was referring to.
Rainbow was about to ask out of curiosity, but she was interrupted by a hollering laughter.
“Oh, How fun to finally see the Princess of the Night. Hello there you two, you can’t see me, since I’m not where you are, I’m in a remote location… And you see, my henchmen are where you are. They are with you to take Rainbow Dash into my care, so please, do take care. Oh and By the way, nice to meet you again, Rainbow Dash. My name is Greasy Hide.”