Fluttershy awoke in a dark forest. Confused and cold, she opened her eyes. Looking up from her muddy hooves she could make out five shadowy figures. Not knowing whether these ‘things’ were friendly or a nightmare incarnate, her heart sank. As the figures closed in around her, the darkness began to fade. She began to recognize the faces.
Fluttershy’s friends surrounded the frightened pony, all their faces painted with a combination of bewilderment and relief. Fluttershy stared at them, confused as to where she was and as to what just happened.
“Where am I?” she managed to murmur. As she spoke her ears rang and her head pulsed with pain. Applejack trotted over to help the fatigued pegasi off the ground.
“Thank goodness you’re alright!”
Fluttershy took another glance around, “What happened?”
Pinkie pie seemingly appeared out of nowhere, “You turned into a vampire pony!”
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Fluttershy lied in bed the following night, unable to fall asleep. She no longer felt tired, just hungry. The spell worked. Why do I still feel different? The thought lingered in her mind for a few hours. Time ticked by. Midnight struck. The hunger in Fluttershy’s stomach grew out of control. She moaned in agony as her insides began to tear themselves apart and her physical form began to change.
Fluttershy’s eyes opened. Once, a beautiful ocean blue, her eyes were now stained a crimson red. She brought a hoof up to her mouth as a searing pain began to tear through her gums. She could feel fangs beginning to form.
Shocked, Fluttershy jumped back, tumbling off of her bed. Her wings began to ache. The once soft feathers molded together to form a rough leathery surface. She stretched them out, extending them further than she ever has before. She glanced to either side of her as she witnessed her gorgeous wings transform into those of a bat.
Fluttershy threw herself to the ground, shrieking in pain, as she pressed her hooves against each side of her head. Her ears stretched out and disfigured themselves, simulating the same properties of bat ears.
The pain suddenly stopped as the hunger took over. Never before had Fluttershy felt a craving so intense. She had to feed.
She leapt off the ground, using her new wings as propulsion, thrusting herself through her bedroom window, shattering the glass, and dashing off into the night sky. Fluttershy tore through the sky, wind whipping through her tattered mane, flying at speeds even Rainbow Dash would struggle to keep up with. For the first time in her mundane life, Fluttershy finally felt alive.
As Fluttershy raced through the sky, her eyes darted around the ground searching for something to prey on. Finally she spotted just the place she was looking for, Applejack’s orchard. Fluttershy torpedoed herself toward the nearest apple tree, ripping through the air and plummeting to the ground. Not bothering to slow down, Fluttershy knew her new body could handle the fall. She crashed into the ground without as much as a scratch.
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Applejack was awoken by the sound of an earthshattering crash in her apple orchard. “What in tarnation?” She muttered as she picked herself up off of her bed. Applejack grabbed her trusty hat off of the hat rack next to her bed and headed downstairs.
Applejack was greeted by a rather sleepy Applebloom in the kitchen once she made it downstairs. “Did ya hear that crash too?” Applebloom mumbled as she rubbed her eye sleepily.
“You should get back to bed Applebloom, ah’ll check it out.”
Applebloom nodded as she stumbled off back to her bedroom. Applejack turned to look out one of the back windows overlooking her orchard. Darkness stretched out as far as the eye could see. Looking to her left, Applejack spotted a flashlight sitting upright on the kitchen counter. She grabbed the back end with her mouth and proceeded to head out the back door.
She trotted to the tree line, not sure of what awaited her in the darkness. Applejack panned the flashlight around the trees in search of whatever made that sound, but the trees were thick and she couldn’t make anything out. At this hour of night, Applejack’s beautiful orchard somewhat resembled the Everfree Forest.
“Hello? Anypony out there?” Applejack shouted hesitantly. Her heart began to beat a little faster and a bead of sweat dripped down her temple. At first there was no answer. Then, a loud hiss erupted out of the trees as something flew right over the top of Applejack’s head, knocking her hat off.
The dark figure landed behind Applejack, preventing her to retreat back to her house. She had no choice. Applejack bolted for the trees in hopes she would lose her assailant amongst the dense foliage. Flashlight still steady in her mouth she dodged trees left and right as she continued to fly through the forest of apple trees.
“Leave me alone!” Applejack shouted out as she heard the hissing getting closer and closer. Suddenly, a thought came to mind. Applejack had no other choice but to face her attacker head on.
Applejack rammed her forelegs into the ground mid sprint, digging deep into the soil. The momentum lifted her rear legs up in a bucking position and sank right into the gut of her assailant, launching the creature back. Applejack whipped around pointing her flashlight directly at the shadowy figure in hopes of getting a look as to what she was dealing with. Her jaw dropped. The flashlight rolled out of her mouth crashing to the ground and shattering the bulb.
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Fluttershy dusted herself off from the fall. Feeling like she could take on the world she launched herself up into the nearest apple tree, and sank her fangs into the juiciest apple she could find. The apple was repulsive. She spat out the juice from the apple as her stomach began to churn. Fluttershy fell from the tree and hit the ground as she tried to get that awful taste out of her mouth. I thought vampire ponies ate apples? Why are they so disgusting?
“Hello? Anypony out there?” Fluttershy’s ears twitched at the sound of a faint voice coming from beyond the tree line. The hunger returned as her mouth began to water at the sound. Her wings stretched out as if from muscle memory and launched Fluttershy into the night sky. She tore through the trees as she drew closer to her true prey. The aroma grew stronger and stronger the closer she came. The smell of blood was in the air.
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Applejack stared into the darkness with horror painted on her face. She couldn’t believe what she had just seen. “Fluttershy?” Applejack stuttered. Had Fluttershy tried to attack her? She instinctively ran to the aid of her friend knowing that the real Fluttershy would never do such a thing.
As Applejack closed in on the wounded Pegasus, she noticed something was different about her. Fluttershy’s wings had grown, and were no longer fluffy with feathers and the ears on her head had stretched out and resembled those of a bat. Oh no! Applejack thought to herself. The spell didn’t work!
Applejack began to slowly back away as her former friend began to stand back up. Fluttershy cracked her neck before turning to stare the earth pony dead in the eyes. Applejack froze, unable to move a muscle. Her eyes stared directly into the creatures blood red eyes. Fluttershy drew closer and closer, never once letting her prey escape the deadly stare.
Fluttershy was face to face with a terrified Applejack. Her fangs glistened in the moonlight and a string of saliva dripped from her tongue. Applejack knew this was she end. She tried to close her eyes but was unable to peel away from the penetrating stare of this vampire. Their muzzles touched as Applejack’s heart began to beat out of control, Fluttershy’s cold dead eyes still piercing into her very soul. Then, as if struck by a bolt of lightning, Fluttershy plunged her fangs deep within the soft neck of the earth pony.
Applejack grew cold as she could feel the life being sucked out of her. She tried to struggle but Fluttershy was much too strong. Applejack knew there was no hope for her now. Her eyes shut. Slowly drifting away and losing consciousness.