Twilight's eyes fluttered open slowly, her vision blurry. She was laying on the floor, she could feel the cold stone underneath her as she lay there, motionless. She tried getting her hooves under her, but she was too weak. She stared straigh ahead, her vision focusing on the wall in front of her. She looked around with her eyes, since her head felt like it weighed ninty tons, and couldn't really see much except for the bookshelves within her limited feild of vision.
She wondered what had happened to Fluttershy, but quickly put any concern out of mind. That wasn't Fluttershy, she thought, Fluttershy would never do such a thing to our friends. She tried getting up again, this time using her wings, but stopped when she noticed that something was definitely wrong.
She moved her tongue around her teeth, but instead of the flat, dull teeth that she normally had, she found dozens of razor sharp fangs, along with two extra long ones near the front. She panicked. She was one of them. She raised her head and looked the rest of her body over, and saw that her wings were leathery and bat like. She felt like crying, but no tears came. Instead, she felt a violent thirst in her gut, and she was afraid of just what it could be for.
Rainbow Dash woke up close to midnight, lazily crawling off of the bed and around to the door. Applejack had already gotten up, so she assumed that she had left her to sleep. She headed down the stairs quietly, knowing that she shouldn't wake any of the other Apples up. She reached the bottom of the stairs and saw Applejack laying on the couch, her expression downcast.
Rainbow furrowed her brow and made her way to the couch, careful not to step on any of the floorboards that would creak too loudly. She say down next to Applejack, who sat up to make room for her. She draped a wing around Applejack's shoulders and Applejack wrapped her forelegs around Dash's waist, nuzzling into her shoulder.
"M--Evenin', sugarcube," Applejack said, and Rainbow could hear the sadness in her voice.
"Something wrong, AJ?" Rainbow asked.
"It's nothin', sug'. I jus'..." Applejack trailed off, not sure what to say.
"What?" Rainbow said, curiosity taking over her at the moment.
Applejack looked at Rainbow Dash sadly, her vision blurring as tears started forming in her eyes. She hugged Dash as tight as she could and started sobbing into her shoulder. Rainbow wrapped both her wings and forelegs around her lover and hugged her, stroking her back lightly as she cried. She didn't know why Applejack had started crying, but she wasn't going to bombard her with questions just yet. Whatever Applejack was crying about was obviously important, but she would let Applejack tell her at her own leisure. Eventually, Applejack calmed down, or so it seemed, and pulled away from Rainbow to look her in the eyes.
"Sorry 'bout that, sug'," she said, wiping her face of the tears, "I just... I've been thinkin' a lot about what might happen t' us is all."
"What might happen to us..." Rainbow repeated under her breath. "What do you mean by that?"
"I mean," Applejack started, trying to hold back another storm of tears that threatened to spill out of her eyes, "we're vampires now. We probably need blood to survive. I don't want ta be here if we do end up needin' it. I don't wanna hurt my family." Tears started flowing down her cheeks again as she finished speaking, and Dash held her tightly as she cried.
"It's okay, AJ," Rainbow soothed, "we can run away, if you want. Maybe the others will know what to do."
Applejack looked at Rainbow Dash questioningly through the tears. "Y-you'd do that?"
"Yeah, not like I have much of a life here anymore anyway... except for you, that is," Dash said.
Applejack nodded, "Alright then, sug', we'll leave."
Pinkie had been laying in her bed, unable to sleep, for hours. The sun had gone down long ago, and she knew that she needed to sleep, but she couldn't stop thinking about Twilight. She was worried about her. If the situation really was as bad as she had been told, she knew it was probably best to stick together. But Twiligh had headed home to think about what to do all by herself, and Pinkie was worried that something might have happened to her in the last few hours.
She sighed, not knowing what to do. She considered going over to the library and checking up on Twilight, since she probably couldn't sleep either, but decided it was best to leave the alicorn to mourn and plan alone for a while. She needed time to think, and Pinkie didn't want to distract her from it.
She closed her eyes and tried not to think about what had been bothering her, but wound up thinking about it even more. She was getting more and more worried about Twilight, and she probably wouldn't be able to sleep until she saw her. She got up and headed for the door, determined to find out if something was wrong. She crept down the stairs and into the kitchen, then headed through the front door and into the cold air.
Luna's moon hung high in the sky, and cast a brilliantly bright glow across the town. Pinkie didn't need to use a flashlight because it was so bright, and quickly headed for the Library.
Rainbow Dash and Applejack flew towards Ponyville, one clumsily and the other giving brief pointers to her as she got used to flying. Applejack had considered just laying on Rainbow's back and letting her fly them to the town, considering how many times they had done it before, but she felt the need to at least try and fly with her new appendages. She still didn't fully understand how being turned into a vampire had given her wings, but she wasn't overly concerned about them.
She stayed fairly close to Rainbow as they flew, but still kept some distance in case she lost control. She didn't want to take her lover down with her. They headed towards the library, since they knew that it was the most likely place they could find Twilight and try to resolve the mess they were in.
They landed silently in front of the library, noticing the small crack in it with dim yellow light pouring through, and cautiously pushed the door open. Inside, the library seemed to be in relative order, the books were all neatly stacked on the shelves. The only thing missing was Twilight. Rainbow entered first, followed closely by Applejack, and the pair looked around for their alicorn friend. Rainbow checked her bedroom while Applejack checked the kitchen, but neither of them could find her.
The only place they didn't check was the basement.
Rainbow looked down the stairs into the darkness below. Unsure of what to do.
"Twilight?" She called, but quickly remembered that Twilight probably couldn't understand her. She started down the stairs, and Applejack followed close behind, watching their backs. They reached the foot of the stairs, and noticed that the door was closed.
Rainbow pushed the door open, and her jaw practically fell off when she saw the situation inside:
Twilight was biting into Pinkie Pie's neck, tears pouring from her eyes as she did so. Rainbow noticed that the only fangs embedded in Pinkie's neck were Twilight's longest pair, and was relieved to see that. But she was still shocked to see it happening.
"T-twilight?" Rainbow said, still taking in the spectacle.
Twilight opened her eyes and looked up at Rainbow Dash, tears still flowing down her cheeks. Rainbow stepped towards Twilight slowly and crouched down next to her, looking at Pinkie's unconscious body. She wrapped her forelegs around the earth pony gently and pulled lightly.
"Let me take her, Twi. I know what I'm doing," she said in a soothing tone. Twilight reluctantly let go of Pinkie and let Rainbow have her. Rainbow sunk her two longest fangs into the soft flesh of Pinkie's neck, and began the transfer of blood that would turn Pinkie into a vampire like them.
It took a few minutes, but Rainbow eventually let go of the pink pony's neck and layed her gently on the ground. She looked at Twilight and placed a hoof on her shoulder for comfort.
"It's okay, Twilight," she said, "she'll be like us soon."