//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Cantervania // by General Flutterguy //------------------------------// The Belmonts were skilled vampire hunters. There were many vampires that had entered Equestrania in the past. But the most evil vampire of them all was Count Drac-luna. Drac-luna took over all of Equestrania, and thousands of ponies died ever since she had to strike Equestrania specifically. Everypony feared the Belmonts. They had super pony strength, and were considered not to be trustworthy. However, once Drac-luna had taken over, a mighty Belmont was appointed for the job to kill Drac-luna once and for all. Her name was Sparkle Belmont. Holding the whip of the Belmont family in her mouth, Sparkle Belmont pulled off her tunic from over her head.. She had a long adventure ahead of her... "This is Warakiya village?" Sparkle Belmont asked to herself. "It looks so... different. It's probably because Drac-luna has covered the land in darkness." She moved forth, entering the village. She took a few steps forward, and suddenly, a couple of dark, black, and green zombies started rising from the ground. Most ponies would faint from such a sight, but Sparkle didn't even flinch. This was second nature to her. She took the front of her whip with her mouth and lashed her head forward. The whip uncoiled off of her front right hoof and hit the zombie to her left with a loud, painful smack. She did the same for the zombie on her right and they were both stunned. She kicked both of them over. She pulled out a knife and stabbed both of them, and they materialized underground. The brave pony kept moving towards Drac-luna's castle. Sparkle looked at the castle wall to her left and noticed a glowing candle above her. She took the front of her whip in her mouth and lashed upward towards the orange aura like illuminated candle. The candle broke, and out of it fell a dagger. But not just any dagger. A dagger that, when thrown, flies in a straight line. "It works every time." The vampire hunter stated. She held out the dagger with her hoof, ready to throw when attacked. A zombie jumped out from behind her! She threw the dagger at the intimidating monster's face. Its head fell off and the body de-materialized into nothingness. No blood came from the neck of the horrid monster. Not to long afterwards, the zombie's head de-materialized with its owner. As Sparkle Belmont moved further into the dark village, she saw a skeleton holding a sword and shield. It was twice her size. Completely un-intimidated, Sparkle ran forward and whipped the sword out of the un-dead monster's skinless hoof. It roared in pain as the whip lashed it's front left hoof, and the sword scraped against the ground. Sparkle coiled her whip around her front right hoof. She also noticed that there was another glowing candle above her. Sparkle lashed her whip upward, and the glowing candle broke. A cross like weapon fell out of it. The Belmonts used these objects as boomerangs. She threw it at the monster and it howled in pain once more. The monster charged at her and bashed her in the face with its shield. Sparkle fell backward. Her nose started to bleed. She gave a subtle, pained grunt as blood trickled down her face. She rushed forward with her whip and lashed at the un-dead monster's brittle body, and it started to break down. The skeleton was reduced to a red orb. Sparkle was afraid to touch it, but as a vampire hunter, she knew she had to take risks at times. She put her hoof to the orb. No millisecond after she touched it, the orb started to reform into a pirate looking pony.