Epilogue.
Astra overlooked her lands. It had taken five more days but her house was finally done, or more like, redone. It was the same old farmhouse she had lived in, but fancified, and she loved it more than ever. She had her own private tutor, a delightful mare who she was quickly befriending, while Eclipse was learning the rules of nobility. That had been going on for about a month.
If a pony wanted to become a Vampyre or Lycan, they had to fill out a sheet of paper, which was evaluated by the princesses themselves (each princess was working on it so they could go through the paperwork faster) and it was a fairly strict process. Only a few would be chosen, five to be exact, and they would have to leave their lives behind for four months. The princesses wanted no pony to ruin the good name of these new species.
As Celestia predicted, not everypony was thrilled, but so far they had nothing to use against them, and those that tried to make up rumors were quickly silenced with strict discipline.
The land given to them was twice as big than the normal noble starter kit, but it was so Eclipse had a wide range of area to run around in, along with the other two Lycans. Astra had a little Lycan proof room in case they somehow got into the house, though it would be unlikely they could.
“Hey Eclipse.” She greeted her friend happily as the Earth pony walked into the room and they went over the ways nobles usually gained money. Sadly, they weren’t totally normal, but Celestia had taken care of that too. In Ponyville a little cafe had suddenly opened a day before the announcements. It was called the Bat Cave, and it served spooky themed drinks.
Eclipse had hired a pony after careful consideration to help them run the business. It had been going along swimmingly for the one month it had opened, and began to get treats from Sugar Cube Conor.
“Greetings Astra, listen, tonight your sister leaves for the cold north and we get our first Lycan guests. What should they do here?” Eclipse asked. “Also, as you are aware tonight is the full moon.”
“Which is why I got up early.” Astra reminded her. “So we could take business, then relax before you go out. Say, have you grown in height?”
Eclipse looked at her legs. “Dunno, I am already taller than you because I am an adult.” She said. “We will see when the other two come over… Though, it is possible, because Shim-Silver Howl is leaving tonight, perhaps that means she relinquishes her title as alpha?”
“Possibly. Well, onto the two new Lycans. I say we find out what they can do first, then help them find jobs.” Astra said. “Shimmer, and I refuse to call her by anyother name, was unable to tell us too much before cutting off connections with us.” She ended sadly.”
“Yeah. Well, sun is going down, and Celestia said she would be teleporting them in here right about now. I should welcome them, considering our only maid is leaving early.” Eclipse shrugged and went to leave.
“Wait, Eclipse?”
“Yeah?”
“Can you sense Shimmer as a wolf?” She whispered.
“Only is she is close by.” Eclipse stated and left, knowing she had just crushed Astra’s dream of making contact with her sister.
Midnight came, and they transformed. Eclipse was indeed taller than them, and because she was now an Alpha she was able to keep them from leaving the property, and leaving the house alone, even if she couldn’t stop them from marking the “territory”.
Time passed, and more little cafes owned by mysterious mares opened up. Each one was small and refused to grow too much, but they attracted a lot of attention with different fun themes. Five new Vampyres joined Astra and they began to experiment with their powers, but it was obvious that Astra was the strongest out of them all, as she was the original, and the universe recognized her as such.
Silver Howl remained in the north, not bothering anypony, though there were some rumors for a while about some wolf running around up there. They were soon silenced though.
Astra and Eclipse lived the good life, making money, and employing the married couple as recorders and taking card of the garden outback.
Ponies would donate blood to the Vampyres, and it seemed all was ok, and Celestia opened up the noble house grounds, except for on the full moons.