Spike couldn't be anymore happier than reading the comic books from the future. He was happy with many ways the comic ending and was not so happy with a few others, but he still liked them all anyway. While he was reading, he heard a very soft voice once again.
"Spike?" it was Flutterbat walking in the room with a smile on her face. "Mind if I come in here?" she asked
"Sure, come on in." said Spike. "I was just about done reading these comics anyway." He gently put them in a pile, and he said "If you want I can put them back, if you like."
"Oh no, no. I can do it for you." Fluttershy offered sweetly. She picked up all the comic books with her mighty strength and placed them back in the speed of light, like a king cheetah running in it's fastest speed.
Spike, was quite impressed at how she flew, but he forgot that she was a vampire pony now, and remembered that they can have those type of powers like super strength, and super speed. "Thanks... i guess."
Fluttershy smiled and she replied "You're welcome, my king." then she gave him a gentle kiss on the forehead.
The baby dragon blushed at the sweet thing she would usually do from time and time again. "Sooooooo, what can I help you with Fluttershy?" He said at last.
"I just came to check on you and see how you're doing if you don't mind." Fluttershy answered mildly.
"No, it's fine." Spike said. "Anyway I'm just fine. Thank you Sooooo much for these comics, Fluttershy." Then, he hugged her.
The yellow vampire pegasus smiled and she replied "you are very welcome... my king" then she hugged her back. When they broke off, she said "are you sure you're alright?"
"Yep." The baby dragon replied.
"That's good." Then Fluttershy sat down beside him and wrapped a bat wing around his body like a blanket. It actually felt really nice. "Well... I would like to say that it's almost ten o'clock in the night, and I was gong to ask you if you would like to come with bed to me, if you're feeling tired that it."
"Wait, I thought it was already it was later than before?" Spike said, highly confused of the time.
"Oh. I forgot to tell you, didn't I? You see, we used our magic to make time move slower. It may not look like it, but I mean that I just made the earth rotate itself, so that it would be night for a little longer.
"Won't Princess Luna know about this?" Spike asked curiously and still a little confused.
"Way ahead of you, Spike." Said Fluttershy with a wink. We also made Luna and Celestia have short term memory loss so they won't know what is happening."
Now, Spike was starting to understand a little more clearly. He was also quite surprised that she and the other bat ponies made them ink at it's just time doing it's course, and just went through with trying to settle their mission in Zebrica. "That explains a lot." He pointed. "Wait, I thought vampires slept during the day." He remembered that little detail.
"Well yes, but we are not like those vampires, remember?" Fluttershy pointed. "We can do just fine In the sunlight."
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Spike said. "Well, anyway, I am not tired yet. Besides, I am filled with energy."
Fluttershy giggled. "Oh I can see that." She teased. "I didn't mean that we go to bed right now, but I meant sooner or later."
"Oh, okay." The baby dragon felt more happy that he didn't have to go to bed yet. Then, there were sounds of footsteps again, and more of them this time.
"You're majesty." Said a male and female voice. It was Braveheart, and Daisymay. With them were their son Pipsqueak, along with Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle. All of em, minus Pip, bowed to their queen.
"Ah, Hello." Fluttershy said in her happy voice. "What can I do you all for?"
"My queen, we and Pip made up at last." Said Pip's mother.
"That's wonderful." Said Fluttershy.
"Yep, now we are a family again." Said Braveheart. He and his family hugged together. It was a rather sweet sight for them to see. Then they stopped hugging and the parents bowed to their queen again
"Perfect." Fluttershy smiled.
"Now, why we are here is because that we were thinking that we can have dinner here at the castle. Why do you say, you're majesty." Said Braveheart a little nervous.
"Of course, Braveheart." Fluttershy replied. "We would love to." She looked and Pip and walked up to him and she kindly asked him "When was the last time you have eaten anything?"
"Ummm... It was earlier this afternoon during lunch." Pip answered
Fluttershy gasped as she heard that "Oh you poor thing." she said with sympathy. "Don't worry, we will fix you right up."
The parents smiled and Daisymay said "wonderful, thank you my queen." Then she kissed Fluttershy' front hooves. making her a tiny bit uncomfortable, and she gave a nervous smile.
"Spike." Fluttershy said to the baby dragon. "Would you like to join us?"
"Well, I guess that I can." Spike said with a smile. "I want to take a break from reading al, these books anyway." Then he stood up.
"Care to lead the way, my king?" Braveheart offered.
Spike tried to remember where the dining room was when he had dinner with all his evil comrades, and he did in an instant. "Okay." He replied.
The girls said "yay!" As Spike led his comrades to the dining room, and he hoped that it was where he would expect it to be.
On the outskirts of Ponyville, Achilles and Discord were still lying and waiting for something to happen and make their strike. Achilles was starting to become a little impatient. And really wanted to do something so badly.
"What is taking so long, Discord?" He calmly complained after he sighed. "When do we strike? I feel like this has been going on forever. It's like... it's like... time has just gotten slower." He thought correct.
"Patience Achilles, patience." Said Discord. "It's part of a vampire power that they can manipulate e earth's rotation." Then he looked at the night sky. "And by the looks of it, the night is still young."
"So, this 'Fluttershy' make time on Earth a little longer than it usually runs?" Achilles said
"I'm afraid so." Discord answered
Achilles gave a small impatient bull grunt, but he decided to go through with this, for he knew that Discord was smarter than him. "Oh, alright. But... I might as well suggest that we should probably look someplace safer to hide in, because I think it would be a very dumb thing to just wait out here for two hours."
"You're probably right." Discord said in agreement. "I know a place." He snapped his finger and he poofed himself back with Achilles to Zecora's hut.
"Whoa, what's this place?" said Achilles, kind of impressed with the decor.
"This is Zecora's hut in the Everfree forest. But, don't worry, no dangerous creature or animal would ever find her here." said Discord
Achilles chortled. "Ho ho, don't you worry about me. We have got into places more scary than this place in Equestria."
"Touche." said Discord.
"And it has to be midnight, right?" asked the minotaur, trying to remember the plan exactly.
"Yes. Well... I don't know, usually, stuff like this always occurs at and or around midnight." Discord said. He paced to and fro around the hut to think, tapping his head with his bird finger. "Alright. How about at least one hour from now, I will look and see if the castle is safe for us to sneak in, and if it is, we will sneak in and rescue the others then. Does that sound like a better idea?"
"Oh yeah." Achilles said with confidence while cracking both his knuckles. "Sounds like a great plan to me." then his tone changed when he added "I just hope that everypony will be alright after this."
"No need to worry. If we would fight them, it would be for their own good, and because they have been brainwashed." Discord said putting a hand on his shoulder for comfort."
"Yeah. I guess it is necessary to do violence on them. Vampire ponies are a rather tough race after all." said Achilles, feeling more confident now. So, he and Discord just laid low in the hut, for not even a vampire pony would even bother going into the Everfree Forest.
Back in the dining room, Pipsqueak and his family sat down in the large, wide, rectangular table. His mother sat to the right next to his son while his father sat to the left next to him.
"Waiter!" Fluttershy called in a sing-song tone. Out of nowhere, the same waiter that served Spike and his brainwashed comrades burst through the kitchen, like what a fancy waiter would do.
"Yes, mademoiselle Fluttershy?" said the waiter. "How can I be at your service?"
"Can you please bring our three guests some hot hay salads for dinner?" Fluttershy said
"Of course, my queen, tout de suite." Then he went back into the kitchen, and after a few seconds, two more waiters came behind the first one, one female vampire unicorn, and male vampire pegasus with a small french goatee on his face. They gently sat the plates down, and there was their dinner. "Bon appetite." said all three waiters.
Then the three family members dug into their food. It was a really good thing, because Pip was starving, and haven't eaten anything since Lunch earlier this afternoon. He gave a small burp, said "excuse me" and Everyone laughed
"Thanks for the food, Fluttershy." Pip said tapping his belly with a smile.
Fluttershy smiled back at him. "You're welcome, sweetie. Always happy to help my subjects."
The colt was touched by her sweet words. Despite that, he was still worried about what will happen tomorrow, if there is any tomorrow. If all of Equestria turns into what all of Ponyville is now, what will happen to him, Spike, Big Mac, Discord, and Zecora. He decided to just keep it together, for he knows that Discord can make the best out of any situation. "Thanks." he said while blushing.
"Well, we might as well be heading home." said Braveheart. He and his wife then got out of the table, ready to leave the castle. "Come along, lad." he said to his son.
Pip's smile turned into a small frown. He didn't want to leave this place immediately. He really liked the castle and wanted to see what else there is to see.
"Is something wrong, dear?" asked Daisymay.
"Well... I'm glad we are a family again... but... I don't know if I want to leave here. This place is really cool." Pip admitted. "So mum, dad, do you think I can... Stay here for the night? Please?"
The two parents smiled at hm and Daisymay said to him "I guess you can."
"But, I don't think that's our decision." Said Braveheart.
Indeed it wasn't their decision, it was Fluttershy since she is the new queen of the pony race. Pip was a little nervous. He worried that if he asked Fluttershy that he can stay in the castle a little longer, she would that she would call him a a freeloader. He walked to the yellow bat-pegasus and he took a breath, then he nervously asked "ummmm, Fluttershy, can I.... You know" but he was cut off by Fluttershy's answer
"Of course you can stay here for the night." She said. Pip smiled with bot relief and happiness.
"Oh thank you, Fluttershy!" Said a really happy Pip who hugged her. Fluttershy was touched by his affections and hugged him back.
"You are very welcome Pip. Again"
Pip stopped his hugging and looked at his parents and he said to them "I promise that I will come home tomorrow. Really."
"Oh we know, sweetie." Said Daisymay.
"Yeah, laddy, we would never be mad at you if you wanted to stay for the night at the queen's castle. Isn't that right, my lovely little blighta?"
"Oh, Brave I completely agree with you." Daisymay replied. The parents turned back to Pip again. "Alright, sweetie. Have a good night here."
Then she and her husband went out of the castle. "Don't worry, mum. I will." Pip called to them as they were leaving.
"So, where would you like to sleep for the night?" Fluttershy offered.
"I think I just want to sleep in the room where I first woke up here. But... I don't want to go to bed yet. Can I stay up for a little longer?" Pip said
"Oh of course, the night is still young, very young to be exact."
Pip was glad to hear that, for he was still quite energized. Then a question came to his mind "wait, why didn't you guys eat?" He asked to the crusaders.
"Oh, we already had dinner a few hours ago.." Sweetie Belle answered
"That apple fritter was delicious." Applebloom added.
"Yeah, so that's why we didn't eat with you." Said Scootaloo
"Oh, I see."
"So, Pip. Would you like to read any of my new comic books, they are from the future that haven't been released yet." Spike offered
Pip made an excited gasp and he asked "even the Power Ponies comics from the future?"
"Yep."
The colt excitedly ran to the comic book room. Obviously, he sounded more excited about the comics than Spike was. Maybe he did, but he seemed a little more energetic.
Fluttershy turned his attention to Spike and she asked him "my king, would you like to go look on the balcony again?"
"Sure."
Then the two walked to the path that led to the balcony of the castle, the tallest point of it to be exact. The crusaders were left alone, then Scootaloo suggested "hey, you guys wanna play tag in the garden outside?"
"Yeah, and you're it." Said Sweetie Belle playfully. Then the three girls ran outside, giggling as they were playing tag. They were playing a little rough at first, but then they became a little more gentle at it, especially Scootaloo.
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The view hardly changed in the eerie yet beautiful night sky. The stars were still shining bright, and the moon was still full. Luckily, Spike wasn't so afraid of it anymore, since he really began to trust Fluttershy, but still had to move forward with the mission anyway. For now, he just decided to join the view from the highest point of the castle. However, there was still much conflict in him. He still had to stop this, but Fluttershy and her friends are acting really nice to him like they would usually by before they transformed into evil bat ponies. He wondered if that if he turned them back to normal, they wouldn't be his friends anymore.
Fluttershy saw him daydreaming again. "Spike, are you okay?" she asked, curious about what he is thinking about
Spike was out of his thoughts. "Wha-? who said what?" He looked at Fluttershy. "Oh yeah yeah, i'm just fine." he answered. "What did you want to ask me?"
"Well, I was going to ask you how beautiful it is." Fluttershy replied.
"There's always a nice view when it comes to these kind of heights."
"I concur." The two continued to admire the view, and saw the rest of Equestria and the Everfree Forest from the tower, and then they watched all of Ponyville. While watching all the valley, Spike had a thought, and really wanted to know something out of Fluttershy. He worried that it would anger her if he asks her, but he asked anyway.
"Fluttershy?" he said
"Yes, my king?"
"What will happen tomorrow?"
Fluttershy was silent, trying to think things over about what will happen next in her little empire. To be most fair, she never thought that she would ever get that far, but since the invasion of Ponyville was successful, so she finally answered to him "Well, tomorrow, we spread to all of Equestria. But, I can wait since Twilight made the night longer. For now, I would just call it a night and invade Equestria Tomorrow."
Spike was half unnerved and calm to hear her say that.
Then, Fluttershy's tone changed. "Then, Everypony will become vampires like us, with eternal night, and nothing will stop us MWHAHAHAHAHAH!!!" she sounded really evil all of a sudden. This really frightened Spike, and made him more worried than ever.
When she stopped, she noticed Spike with his cow eyes, becoming a little scared again. "Sorry." she said to him, trying to make him relax a little. "Sorry, I couldn't control myself."
"no no no, I... can't wait for our reign of ruling to spread." Spike said, trying to convince her that he was not worried. This time, Fluttershy did buy it.
"That's good." said Fluttershy in her happy tone again. "Well, I must get with my friends, and discuss our future. Why don't you walk around the castle or sit on the throne."
Spike smiled to hear that suggestion. "Okay." then he and Fluttershy went down the stairs back to the first floor. Fluttershy however, went a different way and Spike the other. There, Spike found the small throne next to the big one and decided to sit on it again. When he sat, it felt pretty good for him to be a king.
Meanwhile with Fluttershy, she was in a conference room. In it were Twilight, Pinkie, and the other vampire elements. They waited for their queen to take a seat and discuss the future for tomorrow. "My friends." she began. "Tomorrow's the day we spread to all of Equestria, like a plague."
"Yes, your majesty." her friends replied in unison.
"Where should we go from here?" asked Twilight
"Canterlot." Fluttershy answered. Of course that would be the first answer, for Canterlot was the capital of all of Equestria, and the best part was that Celestia and Luna were away.
"Wait, the question is... how will we deal with Celestia, Luna, and Cadence all at once, Fluttershy?" asked Rarity. That was a very important and intriguing question. What if their combined vampire power wasn't enough to take on three princess' all at once?
Fluttershy was on the spot for a few seconds, and said "The more ponies we bite, the bigger the army is."
"Well, numbers don't win a battle." said Applejack.
"No, but they do help after all." Rainbow pointed
"And... what about Spike?" Pinkie asked. "What are we going to do with him? What if he can't handle it? Should we bite him?" questions. So much questions she asked.
"Silence!" Fluttershy softly exclaimed. It was silent again, and finally, she said "He will be a vampire, but I don't know if I want to bite him. I don't want him to be in pain, not after being such a nice dragon to all of us."
"She's right." said Twilight. "We must find a way to make his transformation painless, and then, he will be really one of us.
They all felt guilty about it, bu they were determined to make Spike comfortable and happy, and to make him a real vampire king. What they didn't know was that they were being watched.
On the ceiling, Discord was eavesdropping, and was quite shocked, turning invisible again to blend in "Oh no." he said as he briefly turned divisible again. "This is not good. I better tell Achilles, and warn him about what will happen." Then he calmly disappeared back to the hut again.
Meanwhile, Pipsqueak was playing tag with the girls in the garden. Even some of Fluttershy's animal friends joined in on the fun. It was rather fun for him, and the flowers of it felt really nice when they were laughing on their backs on them, like a large blanket covering the green grass.
When the two stopped, the four got back on their knees and Scootaloo gently touched him and playfully whispered "Tag, you're it." then she and the girls ran away laughing playfully.
"Oh i am going to get you." Pip teased.
Luckily, during the game, the girls decided to just play on the ground, for they knew that Pip doesn't have any vampire wings like they all do.
While they were running, a voice stopped him. "Psst, Pip. Over here." Pip stopped and looked around to see who said that. "Over here." the voice said again. Pip walked over to the direction, as he stopped he heard "Closer." The colt did what it asked him. "Stop." it said in a now raspy whisper. "Look down."
Pip did what it said, and their was a large rose with a face on it. He recognized that face anywhere. "Discord!" Pip said in a little loud voice, but not loud enough for the girls to hear.
"Sh sh sh. Not so loud." Discord whispered gently
"You're okay." Pip whispered
"Are you alright, Pip?"
"Yeah, I'm just fine."
"Where's Big Mac and Zecora?" Discord asked
Pip's smile turned into a frown. "They are in the dungeon. If you come to break them out, then don't because know is not a good time."
"Yes I know." Discord said in mild sadness. "And what about Spike?"
"Oh, he's with Fluttershy. He's the new king of the bat ponies." Pip answered in a more happy voice again
Discord was highly confused to hear that. He was glad to hear Spike, and the rest were alright, but hearing Spike a king, that didn't make any sense to him at all. "A... king?" he said.
"Yeah. She and the others have been really nice to him and didn't hurt him at all." Pip answered
"Well, did any of those bat-ponies hurt you at all?" asked Discord.
"No no, of course not. I reunited with my parents and the girls have been really nice to me, and so has Fluttershy and the other bat-ponies."
Discord was both happy and confused to hear that. "Oh well anywho, I'm busting you all out of here at midnight."
Pip was not really thrilled to hear that. "Oh well, you see."
"I can't talk now, I got to go. See you at midnight." then Discord's face vanished out of nowhere, leaving Pip alone again.
"Pip." said a voice. It was Applebloom and the girls.
"Are you alright?" asked Sweetie Belle.
"Yeah, I was just catching my breath, and thought I would take a little break." he lied. The crusaders, unlike Fluttershy most of times, were convinced of believing fibs.
"Okay, well do you still want to play?" asked Scootaloo
"Yeah, I'm still it." said Pip teasingly. Then he ran after the girls in the garden again.