//------------------------------// // chapter 6 Teacher // Story: Heart Of Darkness // by Fanskapet //------------------------------// "Here I present to you, lady Maldición" Scourge said as he stepped aside as they entered through the door, motioning a hoof towards the lone unicorn pony standing in the room, clad in exquisite looking clothes, an ivory mask covering everything except the lower jaw, the pearl white horn and a headdress made out of newly polished gold. "So this is the child you spoke of? hmm she does possess some beauty I must admit." The mare purred, as she walked up beside Scourge. "I uh thanks?" Twilight said, tensing up a bit and taking a cautious step backwards as the masked mare draw closer to her. "Oh don't be shy, she may look .... exotic but she will help you get aquaintad with your *cough* self" He said watching as Maldición begun to circle around Twilight. "W-well lady Maldición it uh is nice to meet you?" Twilight stuttered, looking at Scourge for help as the weird mare rounded her again. "Stop toying with her and get to it." Scourge shook his head at the pair. "Ah fine, but I expect to be compensated for my time." "Of*cough*course, now teach her everything she needs to know and Maldición be nice to her." He bowed and walked past the pair and shutting the door behind him leaving them alone. "Uhm...so lady Maldición was it?" Twilight asked, slowly turning towards the other mare. "Yes, lady Meri Maldición of clan Vhaal, but please call me Meri." She gave a courtesy bow and a big grin showing off her fangs. "Well uh a pleasure to meet you Meri, my name is ... uh uhm." Twilight begun, only to grind to a halt as she remembered or rather forgot to remember that Scourge hadn't told her that part yet. "I-I'm sorry he didn't get to tell me." "Hmm he didn't- oh right your amnesia, I almost forgot what he told me." Tapping her chin in thought for a moment. "Hmm he actually never told me your name either, how about we call you.....Dusk.....Shine?" "Something about it sounds familiar, but yes I kinda like it." Twilight/Dusk nodded. "Well then Dusk Shine, my name is Maldición are you ready to let me teach you?" She asked holding out her hoof for Dusk. "Yes lady Mal- eh Meri I am ready to learn." Dusk took her hoof as they nodded at each other. "Good take a seat and then we shall start." Meri pointed a hoof towards the table in the room waiting until Dusk sat down before she begun to speak again. "Now where to start?....hmm ... ah tell me what do you know about vampires" "Oh uh they suck blood?" "Yes." Meri nodded as she took a seat oposite of Dusk, waiting for her to continue. "They burn in the sun?" "Hmm partially wrong, but expected nothing else, we vampires are weak as any mortal in daylight, though for some of our kind it burns their very being, same with most form of water." "What do you mean some of our kind?" "Well our kind are divided into clans, each special in its own way, like my clan Vhaal that is specialized on conjuration and necromancy." She shot dusk a proud grin as she mentioned her own clan, looking dreamily somewhere behind Dusk. "How many clans are there?" Dusk asked, after following Meris gaze seeing nothing special behind her. "Many, too many for me to keep count, most are just minor clans of barely a hundred, mine is almost a thousand equines strong." "Oh I did not expect vampires to be so numerous." Dusk raised her eyebrows in surprise hearing such big numbers of vampires hiding in Equestria. "Ah we used to be so many, but nevermind that, it is ancient history I am here to instruct you in your new life, not give you a history lesson, let us get some blood in here, it always help me think." She grinned, lighting up her horn to yank a thin rope hanging down one of the walls.