The Darkness Within

by Natsumushi


Interlude I (Opiate Soul)

Prologue

Shadows crept over Ponyville as the skies boomed with thunder and rain showered the town in its natural beauty. A bright flash of lightning shone through the window, illuminating the dark bedroom revealing the furniture within. Even in the comfort of her own bed, the yellow pegasus stirred restlessly under her bed sheets. Normally Fluttershy would be cowering, but something was different on this night and she felt as though she were starving. Thoughts of a sinister nature entered her mind and often times she would cover her head with her hooves and shake the thoughts out as best she could. She didn’t want to admit what she knew to be true. Ever since the vampire fruit bat incident, her hunger constantly grew and any food she ate just could not satisfy her hunger. She knew that deep down Twilight’s spell had failed on some level and that it had somehow made her crave more than just the sweet juice of apples and other fruit, but something more.

This feeling of starvation had been going on for weeks now, causing her to suffer dizzy spells. She was usually able to convince her friends that is was nothing more than her spacing out. However, it seemed that they were noticing this happening more frequently. She would have seen a doctor, but she didn’t want to inconvenience anypony. And maybe, she thought, just maybe, this would pass soon enough. As she tried to clumsily make her way to the kitchen to get a glass of water and a salad, the starvation finally took a hold of her and she fainted.

Angel bunny quickly rushed over to his fallen owner, but quickly backed away when she began to transform right before his very eyes. He watched as her wings began to crack and rip till they were like those of a bat and her ears elongated and fangs burst forth from her mouth, until there was one final rip and a blood curdling screech, then all was silent. The place of where the mare had fallen was now occupied by a stunning, but terrifying version of the mare he called mama. She glared at the rabbit with her glowing, crimson eyes and spoke softly, seductively, “Mama’s going into town for some dinner tonight, do watch the house until I return my little Angel.”

Angel Bunny could not believe what he had witnessed, and mama’s voice was just, wrong. He quickly hopped over the window and closed it, hoping that this was just an incredibly lucid nightmare.

***

The overcast sky in Ponyville had been persistent as thunder roared and the rain was continuing to pelt the earth in the darkness of night. The Ponyville Pub was closing, nearing 2 a.m. and many of the ponies needed to get home before the storm got any worse. A big brown stallion stumbled out of the bar and into the street, the rain felt nice against his coat and despite the weather, he felt as though nothing could make his night better, and then he saw her. In a nearby alleyway he saw a beautiful yellow mare. She leaned against the side of the building, soaked through and through, looking almost longingly at him, or perhaps even lustfully? ‘I think my night just got better.’ He thought to himself.

“H-hey there miss, you okay? I-it’s rainy and stuff outside here. Would you like to come over to my place?” he slurred, trying his best to impress her.

“Actually, I’d like you to come over here. I have something I really want to show you.” She cooed lasciviously to the stallion. He involuntarily shuddered at the implication in her voice. ‘Kinky’.

“Please, come this way, deeper, I really want to show you something.” She urged the stallion.

“Okay miss, but I’ll have you know that I might be too much for you.”

Fluttershy merely shot him an alluring glance and hissed, “Sounds promising…”

The stallion followed her all the way to the back of the alleyway, anticipating the whole way as to what this ravishing, panting mare would do to pleasure him first, not once noting her bat-like wings folded against her body. She finally turned to him, and inched ever so slowly toward him, gently pushing him back against a nearby wall.

“Getting eager are we? How’s about a li’l foreplay first eh?” he brazenly asked. Fluttershy froze and suddenly, tears began to well within her eyes from what she was going to do to him. “I’m so sorry, please forgive me.”

Before the stallion could speak another word, her wings unfurled, embracing him as she sank her fangs deep into the stallion’s jugular. The stallion should have easily been able to have thrown her off, but as she drank the sweet, apple cider-tainted blood, her winged embrace was like a steel vice and he was unable to break free. Fluttershy never felt so exhilarated, she could feel her strength returning tenfold as she greedily sucked out the stallions crimson life force. Warmth spread across her body as ecstasy ensnared her mind; she wanted nothing more than to drain him, to keep drinking until nothing was left.

Until nothing...is left...


Fluttershy quickly regained control of her own body, and threw herself away from the half drained stallion, who had now lost all consciousness from extreme blood loss. Fluttershy looked down at herself in horror at what she had just done; crimson stained her mouth and chest. Her need to help him took over, and she grabbed him and flew at speeds comparable to Rainbow Dash’s and dropped him off at Ponyville Medical Center where she just knocked at the front doors and quickly flew away, finding a tree to hide behind. As she watched, one of the nurses quickly opened the door and saw the stallion. She could hear the nurse call for help followed by several sets of hoofbeats from the same general direction come rushing to the nurse's aid. Content enough to know he would get appropriate treatment; Fluttershy took to the skies, recollecting everything that had just happened. Sadness engulfed her as she landed atop a hill, suddenly allowing her wails of shame and sorrow to openly merge with the raging storm, orchestrating a symphony of despair and desolation.

Flutterbat, had returned...