//------------------------------// // Panademic friendship // Story: Elements of Blood // by TwinkleSparkle //------------------------------// What is happening? This isn't normal at all. I mean, I've looked in every medical book that I own, but I didn't find anything about whatever is causing the changes that are happening to me. I need to calm down a little; maybe it's a little illness right? There's nothing to fear. But why do I always want to bite somebody? Am I going mad? These were the first thoughts that came to the panicking Fluttershy. She has felt uneasy for some time since she was transformed to her Flutterbat form. She went through some different changes. At first there was the strange, urging thirst that was never anguished no matter what she tried, then her strange sense of smell for blood and hearing of heartbeats. It all was a bit concerning but she was able to live with it and endure it. However, the change that she never expected to happen to her was her oversensitivity to sunlight. Every time she tried to wake up early in the morning she felt quite tired and uneasy. Also when she tried to go out of her hut to take care of her animal friends the sun rays seemed as if they burned her skin. But that's not all. Every night she felt so active and thirsty. She couldn't explain it but it was like she was possessed with something. She didn't feel her normal self. She was, bloody. She wanted to bite somepony's veins and she felt excited whenever she remembered the sight of blood. But the night before that she gave in and went out in the night in search of somepony to bite, she came to her senses in the last minute. She thought she was dreaming but she was there in the middle of the street in front of this confused pony who thought that Fluttershy was joking. He even pointed out her fangs that were sticking out of her mouth. Every time she remembered the fangs, she would touch them, to see if they were real. And yes they were right there, and very real. She kept pacing around her room for a while. She knew that she had to see someone that can analyze what she was going through. Twilight was the best option of course. The problem, however, was to get out of her house and to Twilight's without hurting anypony, especially when her thirst reached the point that she felt there was sand in her throat. She also knew pretty well that she won't be able to go to her in the morning due to her sudden strange sensitivity to sunlight. So, after a while of thinking she decided to fly there as fast as she could and try as much as possible not to meet any pony in the way there. ...............................................................................................E.O.B............................................................................... Princess Twilight sparkle was in her library doing some late night research on foreign diplomacy. A subject that required her interest as a new princess and piqued her curiosity as well. She did read about political sciences a bit but she never gave it full attention until now. However, she was really delighted with the new subject at hand and completely immersed in it. She usually doesn't keep track on time when she is reading an interesting book. But when her door knocked at this time she knew that it was strange. She was quite surprised about how much time she spent on the matter, yet still unsatisfied with the progress. However, she couldn't let anyone that needed her help wait, especially in this hour. So she went and opened the door when she saw a flash of pink and what seemed as Fluttershy in her bat form before she was knocked unconscious. A while later Twilight came to her senses again. Though she was still dizzy and her sight was hazy she could feel that she was lying on something soft. She could also hear what sounded like Fluttershy's voice, calling for her. When she came to her full conscious she saw worried Fluttershy rushing to her with teary eyes. "Oh Twilight, I'm really, really sorry. A- are you okay?" Fluttershy said in the middle of sobbing. "Fluttershy? What happened?" Twilight asked as she tried to get up but she felt strangely weak so she leaned on the back of the couch. "Well, I came to you after noticing some strange changes happening to me in the past couple of weeks. I was hoping that you could help me. But, but when I saw you I couldn't take it anymore. I'm sorry Twilight but I was really thirsty I couldn't hold myself." Fluttershy said as she came to a hysterical crying after what she had done to her friend. "What do you mean Fluttershy? I don't understand what you're talking abou-" Twilight suddenly stopped when she noticed the fangs sticking out from Fluttershy's mouth. They were strangely large. Then she felt something ticklish on the right side of her neck. She ran her hand on the place that tickled her and found a bandage wrapped on this part. She slowly removed the bandage and ran her finger to reveal two big holes on the side of her neck. That's when Twilight realized what was happening. "Fluttershy?" Twilight said, trying to make her friend snap out from the state she was in. "Y-yes." Fluttershy said, raising her head a little but couldn't look Twilight in the eye. "What changes occurred to you exactly?" Twilight asked in a serious voice. "Well," Fluttershy said after calming down a little. "It started with strange feeling of being thirsty that didn't want to go. I was always tired in the day and very active at night. I got excited whenever I hear about blood. Then t-those fangs came out and I could hear the heartbeats of ponies and smell blood from a long distance. Now I can't even walk in the sun without feeling that my coat and mane was set on fire." Twilight thought for a bit and analyzed the information that Fluttershy just gave her. She had doubts, but what happened just now and this information made Twilight absolutely certain of the monster her friend had slowly come to be. ”I see now." Twilight said in a serious, but worried voice as she came closer to her friend helping her to stand full length. "Luna had told me about ponies that had the same symptoms as you a while ago. She said that these ponies were a race of bat ponies that was called vamponies." "Vamwhat?" "Vamponies, they're ponies of the night that that feed on other ponies blood. I don't have much information about them as most of the records on them have been destroyed one way or another. The only pony who had a close contact with them that's still alive is Princess Luna." "So, I- I'm a monster now?" Fluttershy said with teary eyes. "Don't say that Fluttershy." Twilight said putting her hand on Fluttershy's shoulder. "You're not a monster and as I said I don't have enough information about these ponies yet. I'm going to contact Luna now and see what she has to say." "A- alright." Fluttershy said with a doubtful and depressed voice. Twilight went into her room, picked up her cellphone and contacted Luna. She felt the anxiety building up with every ring. She wanted to know what's going on with her friend. She was concerned about herself as well as she touched the bite with the tips of her fingers. After five long rings that felt like an eternity for Twilight, Luna finally picked up the phone. "Hey Twilight." Luna said in a welcoming voice. "It has been a while since you contacted me, how are you?" "Hello Luna, I'm quite fine but I need to ask you about something." "What is it?" "It's about those creatures called vamponies." "What about them?" "Do you still have the records about them?" "Yes, I have the only copy but they're yours if you want to." "Thanks, I really need them. But I have another question for you." "Sure, ask along." "What happens to a pony that's bitten by a vampony?" "They either die or turn into a vampony themselves." Twilight's eyes shot open after she had heard this. Her hands started shaking and she almost fell to her knees as she said with a low voice. "Oh! Shit." "Hello." Luna said in a worried voice. "Twilight what's going on." Twilight regained her composure, and was about to tell Luna what happened, as she has the most experience with these vamponies. Bit something in her told her to wait until she had all the information. Maybe she would be able to solve this on her own without worrying Luna. After all, she solved a similar problem once. "Twilight." Luna said again. "Are you still there?" "Y-yeah, I'm here." "What's going on, Twilight?" "It's nothing. Anyway, can you e-mail me those documents and records now, please?" "Oh! Of course, I'm sending them now." "Thank you Luna." "Any time Twilight. And if there's anything, just tell me." "I will Luna. Well, I have to hang up now read the documents." "Alright, I'll talk to you later then." As soon as Luna hung up the documents had arrived. She opened the file and found tons of records, reports and files considering these mysterious creatures. She kept reading for a while. And in her condition what she was reading was the least pleasant. As for Fluttershy's condition, it was entirely hopeless. No one has ever found a cure to a Pureblood vampony. Actually, no one tried as they wanted only to destroy those fearsome monsters. "I have to keep Fluttershy here to examine her and keep this shit secret from everypony else." Twilight murmured to herself as she dashed to the place where Fluttershy was waiting. However, when she arrived there, Fluttershy was nowhere to be found.