Vamp-pony Ch.5
Rainbow Dash looked at the piece of paper in front of her, it was blank and plain. Nothing wrong with that. Rainbow Dash then had an idea, she knew what the piece of paper needed. It need a nice big V drawn on it, nothing but a V would do for this piece of paper.
Picking up the pencil in her mouth Dash skillfully drew a line, going from top to bottom at an angle then repeat in opposite.
Putting the pencil down she looked at the V, it was a good V. She liked it.
Putting the piece of paper aside she saw the other paper she'd put letters on. There was two with P, one with Y, A, O and finally one with an M. They were all good letters that seemed to suit the paper she'd put them on. But she felt she had one letter left, picking up the pencil she tried to think of the letter. It came after M but before O and it seemed to want to be put on the paper, who was she to deny it?
Quickly and as neatly as she could Rainbow Dash drew an N on the paper and pushed it aside, dropping the pencil she fell back onto the cloud floor.
"Ok, that's done" she was mentally tired, it wasn't easy focusing on every single letter of a word one at a time without thinking of the whole word at least once. She'd been thinking for hours trying to think of a way to beat Twilights hypnotism, everytime she tried to say the line to somepony she stopped herself. Everytime she tried to write it down, she stopped herself. Rainbow Dash then had a brief genius moment and tried writing each word down seperatly, it had worked until she got to vamp-pony. Everytime her mind linked it all the words together it stopped her but if she could stop herself from linking it, it might work and it did. Dash was greatful it did, she didn't feel like trying to explain it to herself again.
Reluctently she got up and grabbed her saddle bag, grabbing the pile of papers she looked through them. One word per page at first then single letters, she checked to see if she had them all.
Twilight
Is
A
Then came the letters, it was tricky to not link them but if she read them in the wrong order it might work.
P
P
O
A
N
Y
M
V
"It worked" Dash smiled to herself, as she put the papers in the bag "I beat it, I'm finally gonna tell Applejack Twilight is a-" she tried to stop herself, but too late. As she said it she mentally thought of the letters and put them in the right order, now her body was betraying her. Again.
Unable to stop herself Dash dived face first into the saddle and starting ripping mouthfulls of paper off and eating them.
This was the third time she'd eaten them.
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Spike looked at Twilight as she just sat at her desk. Book and parchment in front of her but not one word jotted down, she hadn't even opened her ink or touched her quill.
"Twilight? You ok?" He asked as he approached her. Slowly she turned around to face him and he saw the face that represented she'd been worrying and over thinking things. Spike wanted to run.
"Do you think I didn't think about it enough?" Twilight asked grabbing Spike
"About what?" He was forced to look into her deranged eyes, suddenly he was shook.
"About Rarity, and turning her into a vamp-pony." Dropping Spike she started pacing around the room "I've never turned a pony before so I don't know if I gave it enough thought and I can't ask anypony because no one knows." Twilight ranted to herself
"It's not that I regret turning her cause I'm gonna have a friend for a long long time but she'll have to move away from Ponyville and Sweetie Belle and her parents-"
"Twilight calm down," Spike shouted as he looked up at Twilight who was now standing on the ceiling "if you need to talk to somepony why not send a letter to your parents?"
Dropping down from the ceiling and landing in front of him Twilight grabbed Spike again "NO, if they found out I turned somepony without fully thinking about it they'll be mad, and come see me. And drag me away. FOREVER"
"What about Cilestia?" Spike asked as his eyes spun
"Celestia? Yes. She'll know what to do" Twilight hugged Spike tightly then dropped him "Spike, take a letter."
Using her magic she thrust the quill, scroll and ink into his hands.
Dear Princess Celestia
It may shock you to find that my friend Rarity has accidently discovered that I am a vamp-pony, but after explaining things to her and answering her questions she realised I wasn't a blood sucking monster from the fairy tales. In fact, she took it a completly different way.
After discussing it and her convincing me, I turned her into a vamp-pony. She seems to be adjusting well but another of my friends, Rainbow Dash, found out I am a vamp-pony and is constantly begging me to turn her as well. So far the hypnotic suggestion I put on her has stopped her from telling anypony else but I fear she will find away around it.
The reason I am writing this letter is to ask for your advice, I fear I didn't give enough thought into the long-term results of turning Rarity. I also fear that I mght have to tell my other friends and they won't accept the real me, the vamp-pony me, the 60-year-old me who will outlive them and will have to move away in a few years before they notice my slow aging.
I humbly seak your advice, your ever faithfull student
Twilight Sparkle
Rolling it up Spike engulfed it in flame and magically sent the letter to its intended occupent. Twilight stood in front of Spike for a full 10 seconds before screaming
"Where is it? Is it stuck?"
Grabbing Spike she forced his mouth open and looked into his mouth, nothing there but sharp teeth, a seprentine tongue and the uvuela. But no note.
"Do you think she's disappointed in me? Or worse, told my mother?"
"Twilight calm down, it takes even princess Celestia time to write a letter. Geez your acting more skittish then the time Fluttershy was at that Hen party. Who knew those feathery birds could party so hard?"
Spike watched as Twilight took a few deep breaths to try and calm her nerves. Suddenly he belched out a large flame followed by the scroll.
"MINE" Twilight yelled as she grabbed it with her magic and unrolled it.
Dear Twilight Sparkle
While it was inevitable that your friends would find out about you being a vamp-pony sooner or later I have confidence in your judgement at all times, wether it is helping organising the winter wrap up, the odd behavour in an old filly-hood friend or explaining yourself fully.
Remember, your friendship is special and you have all been through so much together. Bonds such as those are not easily broken.
Rarity accepted the real you as has Rainbow Dash, trust your friends and believe in them. I have full confidence that the barers of the Elemants of Harmony cannot be seperated so easily.
This is the advice I give you, and hope it eases your mind.
Your Teacher
Princess Celestia
Twilight read, and re-read, the letter with her mouth open. She flipped it over in case Celestia had written something on the back but it was blank.
"Feel any better?" Spike asked
"She trusts my judgement!? But I don't trust my judgement. This was no help at all" Twilight cried out stamping her hooves.
Spike watched as Twilight paced back and forth talking to herself, he knew what to do. Rushing into the kitchen he climbed into the cupboards, this called for the special brew tea leaves. Grabbing the tin of leaves he filled the kettle with water and blew on it, a steady stream of flame quickly bringing it to the boil.
Grabbing a cup he dropped in a couple of leaves and poured in the water, careful not to spill a drop Spike rushed back into the library to find Twilight walking up the walls again.
"Twilight, drink this" Spike ordered over her rambling.
"What is that? Tea? Good, it'll calm me down and relax me" using her magic Twilight lifted the cup up. "What type is it? I need something strong right now or I think I'm going to lose it."
Spike watched as Twilight drank the tea at the odd angle of the wall, she let out a relaxed sigh as the tea slid down her throat and into her stomach.
"Feeling any better?" Spike asked.
Saying nothing Twilight just stood on the wall, a relaxed look on her face. She started to slowly slide down the wall like a great weight had been added that was working with gravity to pull her down, stopping only when she reached the top of the bookshelf. Then as if the suction had been removed from her hoovers she fell to the floor face first, the tea cup falling to the floor as her magic cut off.
"Twilight you ok?" Spike rushed over to her as she flopped onto her side
"What was that tea you gave me?" Twilight asked slowly in a relaxed, almost dream-like state
"I dunno. It was the one Zecora gave you" Spike looked at the puddle of tea on the floor. He'd seen the plays and read the books, right now someone would smell or taste the tea and something would happen. He neither smelt or tasted it, just increased the space between them.
"Spike you silly... Short... Dragon... Thing" Twilight tried to raise her hoof but it just kept flopping onto the floor next to her. "That was Atropa Belladonna. Also known as Deadly Nightshade."
For a normal pony Nightshade was relaxing in a small amount but too much was deadly, hence the name. The hand full Spike had used to make the tea would've knocked an elephant out. It was only thanks to Twilight being a vamp-pony she wasn't down for good. It was also thanks to her being a vamp-pony that Spike was going to have the oppotunity forced upon him to have a lecture on paying proper attention, knowing the different drinking herbs and leaves as well as proper tea making etiquette.
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"And that's how you'll know if the water is too hot for the leaves" Twilight finished, placing the blackboard aside and putting a fresh blank one in it place. Turning around she saw Spike face down on the table gently snoring, she thought she'd heard a thud thirty minutes ago but she had been enjoying her own lecture on controlling the tempurature of the flame used to boil the water.
Slamming her hoof on the table Twilight watched as Spike woke with a start, mutting a few random words before his brain woke up and took over his body again.
"Spike if you're going to sleep through my leessons I might as well not try to teach you."
"Works for me" Spike said happily as he jumped out of seat, Twilight groaning as he left the library.
Twilight sighed to herself and sat on the floor, the so-called tea had worn off hours ago and the distraction of trying to teach Spike had kept her calm and her mind occupied. Now she was by herself she needed something new to occupy her mind, her books called to her.
As she sat at her desk Twilight sighed happily as she opened her book and started reading. Before she reached the end of the first paragraph she heard the door slam open and two familiar voices shouted
"TWILIGHT"
Not even turning around Twilight knew who it was "Hello Rarirty, Hello Rainbow Dash. How can I help?"
Speaking over each other Rarity and Rainbow Dash tried to explain why they were there. Only stopping when Twilight screamed at the top of her voice for them to be quiet.
"One at a time girls, I can't understand a thing your saying. Rarity first"
"Twilight darling I just can't get the hang of holding a glass between my hoofs" Rarity placed a hoof to her head and swooned onto Rainbow Dash, who only pushed her away.
"Try holding something tougher, then work back to glass" Twilight suggested with an unamused look on her face.
"Sweetie Belle did suggest something like that" Rarity tapped her chin "but I got distracted making new dresses" she smiled bashfully as Twilight’s face remained unchanged
"That's great" Rainbow Dash spoke up before either pony could say anything else "Twi you gotta undo the crazy hypno-thing, I'm starting to have an all paper diet"
"First of all I have no idea what that means," Twilight responded "second I'm not going to undo the hypnotism because you'll just tell everypony I'm a vamp-pony."
"I won't tell anypony if you turn me into a vamp-pony." Rainbow Dash smiled
"NO. If I turn you you'll just tell everypony You're a vamp-pony" Twilight was getting aggrivated and tired of saying the same thing to Rainbow Dash over and over.
"That so bad? Telling everypony how awesome you are and how you can turn into things and hypnotise ponies and all sorts of cool things."
"Yes it's bad. Rainbow Dash my kind have spent a millenium trying to become myths and fair tales. For every pony that thinks we're 'Awesome' there will be five ponies afraid of us and try to hurt us. If everypony finds out I'm a vamp-pony I'll have to leave ponyville and my friends, and while I will have to leave eventually it won't be anytime soon. So you'll exscuse me if I don't want to tell anypony else I'm a mythical fairy tail creature of the night that's sucks blood, turns into mist and bats, able to walk up walls, hypnotise ponies and loves wearing my big collered cloak because it puts focus on my face. And yes I can be that shallow, All vamp-ponies are."
Twilight panted for breath as she finished her rant, both Rarity and Rainbow Dash had a surprised look on their faces as she vented is her stress. She felt better slightly, like a weight had been taken off her shoulders.
Twilight heard a gentle cough behind her, slowly looking over her should she saw Applejack and Fluttershy standing on the doorway. Both had an uncomfertable look on their faces and Twilight could guess how much they'd heard.
Raising a hoof to her mouth and clearing her throat, Applejack asked "Twi, can we talk about that fact you're a vamp-pony?"
The weight had been doubled.
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Princess Celestia sat in her room by herself, Luna having taken over the royal duties for the night. She was reading a new love novel that had been released when a scroll landed in front of her, recognising the seal instantly as Twilights she placed the book aside and picked the scroll up with her magic.
"Another letter from Twilight? Perhaps she has told her friends and is no longer feeling stressed over hiding the secret from them" Celestia thought to herself as she opened the scroll.
Inside was one word written in large capital letters that had clearly been written in a hurry.
"HELP!"
Placing the scroll down and returning to her book Celestia said outloud to herself "Perhaps not."