//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Applejack's Vampire Sibling // by firebirdabirdoffire //------------------------------// It was a beautiful at Sweet Apple Acres. A perfect day for the entire family to go apple bucking. Minus for two, one that doesn't bother them that much, and one that bothers them slightly. One was obviously Granny Smith, she's old. But the other one named Applejack, left for Manehatten in the care for Aunt and Uncle Orange. Something they didn't really like, but who were they to stop a filly to follow her dreams? Parents, an elder and an elder brother, that's who. They did kinda regret it. "You think li'l AJ will change her mind?" Fuji asked his wife in a tone that shows that he's concerned as he kicked a tree. Fuji has a green mane and light red coat. "Only time will tell, darlin'." The bright green mare with a orange mane sighed. She was ironically named Red Gala. "Our li'l girl..." "Ah miss her too..." Li'l Macintosh admitted shyly. He stared of in the in the clouds on his way to his next tree. Hoping he could find a could that resembled Applejack. But instead saw something yellow falling from the sky, presumably falling nearby. "Momma, Poppa! Look up!" Macintosh pointed. Gala, Fuji and Granny quickly looked up. "Oh mah stars... It's a Pegasus who has wing trouble!" Gala shouted. They a could hear the filly screaming. "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAH!!!" It sounded both young and feminine. "Ah'll catch her, Ah'll catch her!" Fuji said trying to stand exactly where the pony would land, his wife and son join in. Their backs were ready to catch her. She unfortunately fell into a tree, that caught the family off guard, the family climbed on top of each other to get the filly. Several Vampire Fruit Bats flew out. "OOOW-HOOW-HOOW-WOOOW!" The filly cried. "Vampire Fruit Bats? Ah thought they were gone." Gala said, shortly afterward the filly fell out of the tree. "OOOOW!" She cried, because she fell and because her neck landed on the fangs of a Vampire Fruit Bat. Said bat left. They all quickly observed her. She is a beautiful lanky yellow Pegasus filly with a long pink mane and tail. Cyan eyes. She didn't have a cutie mark. She looked a year or two older than Applejack. And she had scratches all over the place because of the tree, a big bruise on her side and a bat bite mark on her neck. "AAAaaaaah. Hos. Pit." Fuji hung the filly over Gala's back. "Tal. P-please. Oooooooooooow!" The filly begged. "We're already on it, sweetie." Gala rushed for the nearest hospital. "T-thank, ow, you, Ma'm." The filly fell unconscious. Later, at Ponyville's hospital... "This filly has fallen from the sky and bitten by a vampire fruit bat! She needs medical attention quick!" Fuji shouted. "What's her name?" The receptionist asked. "We don't know! Let's call her..." Gala looked at the filly's color and wings. 'Pegasus, wings, Flying and butter colored.' "Flutter for now, until we know her name. If ya can hear me, you're going to be okay..." Gala said running after the cart, along with the family. The filly opened her eyes, she got conscious for a few seconds to open her eyes and look at the family. Her eyes seemed to be more red before she closed them. The next day... Fuji visited the hospital to see how 'Flutter's' condition was. "G' day nurse." "Hello Mr. Fuji. Here for Flutter?" The friendly nurse asked. "Flutter? So assume she's..." "I assume you're either going to say that's she's and we didn't get her name, or that she hadn't woken given her name." Fuji nodded. He wanted the filly to be okay. "She's alive, but she can't talk." Fuji gasped. "That's terrible! That's obviously not it, is it? She was really damaged after all." The nurse sighed. "Follow me and brace yourself: Her wounds are tended to, but they'll still hurt. She presumably fell on her on a branch, her right wing is broken as an result." Fuji could only imagine how painful that is, seemed like a broken leg but on a limb he obviously lacks. The nurse brought him to a regular hospital room. They stood in front of curtain. "She looks like two types of undead right now, take a look and guess." The nurse said as she moved the curtain. Fuji shivered a little at what he saw. And what he saw was a sleeping filly, strapped down. Bandages are everywhere, one huge one wrapped around here waist over her right wing and under the left one. Her neck also has been wrapped. But that's the least of what caught his eyes, what caught his eyes however was the messy mane, the fangs, longer and more sensitive ears and the leathery icky wings, that's my opinion anyway. Fuji on the other hand found it kinda disturbing. She seemed to be more pale too. "She's a vampire?" Fuji asked the nurse. Just getting conformation on something he thought impossible, so basically disbelief. "Yes, but she's proven herself to be vegetarian one." The nurse quickly clarified. "You did say she was accidentally was bitten by an vampire fruit bat." "How come there aren't any real vampires then?" Fuji asked. "They're plenty normal vampire bats." "Only fruit vampire bats have this quirk, a little backwards since they only eat fruit. Real vampires are made with magic." The nurse shrugged. She and Fuji focused once again on the vampire. "Her only victims so far were Strawberries, Bananas, Pears and of course Apples. It's the reason why we're strapping her down." "Why? She seemed like a sweet filly." "That's just it. Remember when she can't speak?" Fuji nodded. "There's no sign of who she used to be. So she has either amnesia and/or instincts have taken over." "What are we going to tell her parents?" Fuji said. "Good question." The nurse replied. "If we ever find out who they are." "Wha do ya mean? Didn't ya analyse her DNA or sumthing?" "We did. We have no data on this pony, her genetics have changed just enough that we can't find out who her family is. Poor girl..." Fuji stared at her. He was thinking what to do with her. "Ah'll adopt her." He said boldly. "Wha?" The nurse reacted. "She needs somepony to take care of her. If she's really has amnesia it might come back. And who else would take her? And Ah hate to see what happens to her if no one did." "Understandable. You can take Flutter home for now. I'll manage adoption papers for you. Here, take this with you." She hooved over a small box. There was a picture of some kinda poison extractor. "If she bites you can suck the venom before it affects you." "Why? We're not fruit." "Still just in case. We're working on a vaccine, so can become immune. But for the little filly... Well it's too late for her. Be thankful she's still young. If she's treated like a filly her pony side might rise. But it's just a theory." She said as she sighed. "Alright." "One more thing. Vampires usually die once exposed to sun light. This is only based on the fact it's sunny outside and she hasn't melted in a pile of mush yet..." The nurse shoved the curtain away. "So she's safe from sunlight." A while later, Sweet Apple Acre(s)... "Ah'm home!" Fuji said. "Hello Fuji." Granny said knitting. Macintosh is at school. "Hello darlin', we've scared off the bats. We found a surprisingly easy method. How's Flutter?" Gala asked eagerly. "Well... You two look for yourself." Fuji walked from the hall into the living room, Granny already was there and Gala walked downstairs. The mares gasped in shock as Fuji put her down on the couch. The sleeping filly with tons of bandages and visually batty. "The poor, poor thing." Granny said. "Holy applesauce! Are those bat wings?" She suddenly noticed. "Eeyup..." Fuji confirmed. "Technically they are vampire wings." That took the rest by surprise. "So she did become a bat pony?" Gala asked. "No." Fuji explained the filly's situation. Regretting the fact he's gotta explain this to his son later today. "That's terrible!" Gala whisper shouted, not wanting to wake the filly. "I know. It is why I want to adopt her." Fuji said rather bluntly. Gala and Granny look at as if he wore a hat made out of pears, they switch back and forward between him and Flutter. "Well Ah don't know darlin'..." Gala hesitated. "Honey, look at her." Fuji pointed at the deep sleeper. "If we don't take her in. Nopony would..." Gala looked at Flutter sympathetically. She sighed. "...Point taken. Let's take her in." "She's not supposed to replace li'l AJ." "Ah know... Ah wasn't thinking about it." They hugged at the memory of their daughter. Granny looked at her bizarre granddaughter. She began to slow regain conscious. "She's wakin' up." "Let's hope she's manageable, darlin'." Gala said to her husband. "That sounds insulting, honey." Fuji whispered. "Sorry, Flutter. Bat. FlutterBat." She wove together. "That could work." FlutterBat woke up. She was with the people she saw first back in the hospital, this made her happy.