“Ano, Silver-kun…” Fluttershy began as they were walking back to Fluttershy’s home.
“Hai?” Silver asked he looked over at her.
“What do you… uh, think of um… vampires?” Fluttershy inquired as they walked through Ponyville’s green pastures.
“Eh?” Silver blinked at that, “...What brought this up?”
Fluttershy simply had a nervous look as she looked over to a mirror, her eyes tricking her into thinking she didn’t have a reflection for a moment. The pinkette rubbed her eyes for a second and saw she was there.
“...Do you remember the Tatanbus mess from a while back?” Fluttershy checked.
“Yeah… what about it?”
“You remember what I did to protect you from a monster?”
“You became some sort of a… oh. Why did you dream of yourself as some sort of vampire anyhow?”
“...That wasn’t the only time I became that,” Fluttershy admitted, a small embarrassed blush on her face, “Y-you see, before I came back to Neighpon, there was an incident involving Fruit Bats over at Applejack’s farm. We were trying to find out how to get the Fruit Bats away from there when Twilight ended up using a spell that caused the Fruit bats to...well, stay away from the fruits.”
“Did you try using a talisman? Kota did that when he had to deal with Fruit Bats once,” Silver Hawk inquired/informed.
“Oh… well I didn’t tell them I was Neighponese at the time,” Fluttershy replied, “A-anyway, the spell worked, demo… there was a side effect.”
“Side effect?”
“I became a batpony... and I almost hurt my friends. They saved me, demo… I had a feeling not all of it left me. It did end up saving us one time. Twilight managed to use hypnotic suggestion to bring it back, but I always worry I may turn back into Flutterbat, and there’d be no way to turn back to normal,” Fluttershy admitted.
“Soka…” Silver noted, “Demo, why did you choose to turn into this… Flutterbat?”
“In the shared dream? Well… I didn’t know what to use until I saw you in danger. And within a second, Flutterbat came to mind, and… well, you know the rest.”
The two walked along for a moment, the moon shining through some of the clouds in the night sky.
“I… have had nightmares, where I turned into Flutterbat and… I hurt a lot of people. Sometimes I turned back and was banished for my crimes, others… I never changed back…” Fluttershy told Silver Hawk, tears starting to form, “I just… worry. What if something makes me turn back into her? What if I hurt Twilight, Rainbow Dash and the others? What if I hurt some innocent fillies? ...What if I hurt you and our children? I… I…” she couldn’t finish as she began to sob quietly, the shy pinkette holding herself as she began to shake a bit.
“Butterfly-tenshi-chan…” Silver whispered, the ice-blue maned pegasus feeling a bit heartbroken from seeing the mare he loved like this. Not wanted to see her sad anymore, he wrapped his arms gently around her, “...You wouldn’t hurt anybody. You’re an angel, and angels don’t hurt innocent lives.”
“...I tried to hurt my friends, and-”
“Shh… you control her, she doesn’t control you,” Silver Hawk assured, rubbing Fluttershy’s back to help calm her down “And if she did take you over… well, I would be happy to join you.”
Fluttershy’s eyes widened at that part as she moved her head from Silver’s chest to look at his face.
“D-do you… really mean that?”
“I love you. You’re going to be my wife, so even if we are undead, I would still love you,” Silver Hawk smiled, using his thumb to wipe some of the tears off of Fluttershy’s face.
The shy pinkette smiled happily as she looked at him. However, her eyes absentmindedly began to look over at his neck, the pinkette seemingly entranced by it.
“You… look so nice…” Fluttershy smiled.
“Thanks. You too, my tenshi,” Silver smiled back.
The pinkette began to pet Silver’s neck, trailing her finger up and down on it.
“Your fur is so soft…” she smiled.
“...Thanks,” he blushed.
Fluttershy just kept looking at his neck, her eyes starting to change colors.
“Are you okay?” Silver Hawk asked in worry.
“Yes. I am just fine~” Fluttershy seemingly purred a bit, making Silver blink a bit.
“...What the?”
“Let me look at your neck…” Fluttershy whispered.
Silver Hawk looked at their reflection in a small puddle of water and got nervous when he saw only he was casting one.
“...Uh...Butterfly-chan? Why don’t y-” Silver began before he noticed her wings had become more bat like. He then slowly looked at her face to see her eyes were more of a blood/crimson red color, the pegasus stallion slowly connecting the dots together, ‘Oh...crap baskets.’
“Let me closer…” Fluttershy begged.
“...I can’t,” Silver Hawk said, trying to back away.
“Please~?” She begged further as she moved closer to him.
“...You’re starting to scare me.”
“And you’re starting to hurt my feelings, anata,” Fluttershy countered as she wrapped her arms around Silver’s neck, “Didn’t you say you loved me, even if I was Flutterbat?”
“...W-well I did say that, de-” Silver Hawk began nervously.
“And didn’t you say you’d join me?”
“...I-I did,” Silver Hawk gulped.
Flutterbat giggled, running her hand through Silver’s ice blue mane before lowering it to his cheek, the pegasus turned bat pony staring into her ‘mate’s eyes.
Silver Hawk was scared but at the same time, he couldn’t turn away from her, gazing into her blood/crimson red eyes, almost like they were rubies. And there appeared to be some sort of a sparkle to them.
“Look into my eyes,” she told him, her eyes giving off a soft glow, “Gaze into them, my love…”
“...H-hai,” Silver replied slowly, his eyes starting to become dull in color.
“Good,” Flutterbat smirked, her fangs slightly showing, “Now tell me, who do you love again?”
“You, my angel of the night.”
“Good boy.”
Before Flutterbat could do anything, magical sparks began to come onto her body, her eyes changing back to teal and her wings reverting back to their normal bird like form. Fluttershy rubbed her eyes for a moment, shaking her head a bit before blinking.
“Butterfly… dear? Could you get off of me now? People are starting to stare,” Silver Hawk requested.
“Eh?” Fluttershy blinked before she noticed a few ponies staring at the two strangely, “...Ano, Silver-kun? What were we doing exactly?”
“Flutterbat appeared, and she tried to bite me,” Silver Hawk informed.
Fluttershy’s eyes widened in a mix of horror and shock at that, her body starting to shake a bit.
Silver Hawk helped her up and they began to walk, the stallion holding the she mare up as she held onto him, tears dripping down from her eyes.
“Silver-kun… I-I’m so sorry. I… I didn’t mean to,” Fluttershy whimpered.
“...Butterfly y-”
“Stay away from me…” Fluttershy said as she backed away from him, “I…I’m not safe to be around.”
“Butterfly, c-” Silver began before Fluttershy began to run away from him, “Butterfly-chan! Matte!”
---
“When do you think Onii-chan and Onee-chan are going to get back? You said they called us earlier, didn’t they?” Timid asked Posey.
“I did, and now I’m starting to get worried,” Posey replied, a mix of concern and worry in her voice as she looked over at the front door, ‘Itoko-chan, where are you?’
---
Silver Hawk chased after Fluttershy, the pinkette getting further away from him as she ran towards the Everfree Forest.
“Butterfly-chan, matte! Please c-”
“No! Please stay away from me!”
---
“She turned into a bat pony once?” Timid gawked, she and Posey having chosen to spend the time telling each-other stories.
“Yep. Twilight’s spell backfired and it made her into, what her friends dubbed, Flutterbat,” Posey informed, “Honestly, I was surprised to hear that when Itoko-chan told me about it over the phone.”
“...Ano, if I may ask a question, how were you able to talk with each other while the ban thing was still going on between Equestria and Neighpon?” Timid couldn’t help but ask.
“Oh? Well, certain ponies got permission to contact loved ones after the devastation. Among them was itoko-chan’s grandmother, and by extension, itoko-chan.”
“Makes sense,” Timid nodded as she looked out the window, “...where are they?”
“...I don’t know. I wish I knew,” Posey sighed.
---
“Butterfly! Where are you?!” Silver Hawk called out as he looked around the forest, the stallion having lost Fluttershy, “Please say something to me!”
“Stop following me! I’m a monster!” Fluttershy’s voice shouted throughout the forest.
“You’re not a monster!” Silver Hawk shouted back before Fluttershy appeared before him, her wings replaced with the bat ones.
“...I’m a monster… I can’t leave. I can’t go back to Ponyville, as long as I can’t control her…” Fluttershy whispered.
‘But… what about your children, Butterfly-chan? Your friends and family?”
“...I will miss them all so dearly…” Fluttershy replied in a sad tone.
“But…”
“I’m a monster… I’m a threat to all of you!” Fluttershy shouted, tears practically strolling down her face as she began to look down, “Which is why… I decided to stay here in the Everfree Forest.”
“Butterfly-tenshi-chan… I…” Silver began before Fluttershy kissed him.
“Silver-kun, I will always love you. But as I am now, I can’t afford to be near you or the twins…” Fluttershy whispered as she turned around, her wings opening up, “Good bye…”
She was about to take off, but Silver Hawk grabbed her by her wrist.
“Silver-kun, please let me go,” Fluttershy begged as she tried to free herself, “I don’t know how much longer I can keep her back.”
“I love you! You have people who love you! You can’t just leave them…” Silver told her, “And what about our wedding?!”
Fluttershy’s eyes widened as she looked to her wedding ring. She pulled it off and proceeded to hand it back to Silver Hawk, the stallion's eyes widening in shock at this.
“Butterfly-tenshi… wh-”
“Don’t call me that… I’m no longer an angel…” was all Fluttershy said as she managed to get out of his grip and flew off.
Silver Hawk just watched as she flew off, the stallion fallen to his knees as tears began to form in his eyes.
“Butterfly-chan. Please…” Silver whispered as he gripped his hands, trying his best to force back the tears, “Don’t go...Don’t leave me again.”
He saw her shadow come to a stop, the pegasus turned batpony floating there for a moment while she had her back to him. He couldn’t tell, but he heard her giving out small whimpers, small tears dripping onto the forest floor.
“Butterfly… I’m coming after you,” Silver Hawk said with determination, “I am not losing you again!”
“I’d be better off with my mom and dad right now. I should’ve stayed dead,” Fluttershy said coldly, causing a look of shock to appear on Silver’s face.
“Butterfly-chan. You….You don’t mean that…”
“I do. Coming back to Neighpon was the biggest mistake in my life…” Fluttershy stated, her back still turned to him.
“Stop!” Silver shouted as he flew up to her, “Stop saying these lies! The Butterfly I know and love would never say th-”
*SLAP*
Silver just hovered there, frozen in place as he had a look of pure shock on his face.
“The Butterfly you knew is gone,” Fluttershy stated coldly as she lowered her hand, ”All that remains is a monster...now go.”
“I’m not leaving you.” he told her sternly.
“I said go!” Fluttershy snapped, her teal eyes going red as she glared at him.
Silver Hawk looked at her for a moment, when he realized the only way he could get her to stop.
“...Bite me,” he told her.
“W...what?”
“I said bite me,” Silver hawk repeated, “Butterfly-chan, you don’t have to suffer this alone. I want to be there for you always, even if we have to spend eternity together. Without you in my life, my life would be empty. Not having to see your smile ever again...it breaks my heart.”
“...If I bite you, I’d make you my slave. You wouldn’t have your free will anymore,” Fluttershy warned him, “You wouldn’t be the same stallion I fell in love with.”
“...I don’t care,” Silver replied as he suddenly pulled her into a deep kiss, pausing for a moment to look into her eyes, “I don’t want to lose my angel again.”
The two then began to descend to the ground, a look of uncertainty on Fluttershy’s face as Silver held her closely.
“I won’t hurt you. I could never do this…” Fluttershy told him, “I… I don’t want you to lose your free will, Silver-kun.”
“I don’t care if I lose my free will. Not having you in my life…would be truly Tartarus.”
Fluttershy looked at him. Her own will was telling her to just tell him to go back to their kids and lie about where she was. The Flutterbat part of her however was telling her to take him there and now, to make him her slave. She felt as if there was a battle going in deep inside her body, the good part of her trying to beat the dark part of her. She wanted to be with Silver Hawk, but then he’d lose his free will, and they’d never see their children again.
“I won’t do it…” Fluttershy said in her normal tone of voice.
“But yet… I want to do it so badly~” her voice purred in a bit more of a seductive tone.
“If I do, then our children would grow up not knowing their parents,” her normal voice sighed sadly.
“But then we’d be together forever~” her other voice smirked.
“...I won’t.”
“...But I will.”
“No you won’t!” Fluttershy shouted before she felt a stinging sensation in her head, the pegasus turned bat pony moving away from Silver Hawk.
“Butterfly-chan? Are you-”
“S-silver-kun, please stay back I… I don’t know how much longer I can hold her back!” Fluttershy shouted, her eyes switching between their normal teal and the blood/crimson red, “Why did Twilight have to go and wake her up?! Wh...that’s it!”
“Eh?”
“S-Silver-kun...please go and get Twilight!” Fluttershy begged him before she fell to one of her knees.
“Eh?! But wh-?!”
“Please! I don’t know how much longer I can stay in control!”
“...Okay,” he nodded as he hurried off.
'He’ll never find her in time. Soon, your body will belong to me, and your little stallionfriend will be my slave…' the Flutterbat voice spoke in Fluttershy’s mind.
“No! I… won’t let you hurt Silver-kun!” Fluttershy grunted as she tried to stand up.
‘Face it. it’s only a matter of time before I fully take control. And once I do...ohh the things I’m going to do to him~’
---
“What’s happening?” Twilight asked Silver Hawk as the stallion burst through a window in a hurry.
“Twilight-san...we...we have a big problem,” Silver stated, panting as he tried to catch his breath, “Do you...recall the incident with Flutterbat?”
“Yes. And I remember she was sealed up inside of Fluttershy and I had to reawaken at least the physical body to deal with a crisis,” Twilight nodded, “Why?”
“Sh….she’s...she’s back. And she’s trying to take control of Butterfly-chan’s body,” Silver replied, causing Twilight’s eyes to widen in shock.
“I told you that you should’ve sealed her right back up when the mess was over with!” Dash commented.
“I didn’t know how to! I thought she’d be gone after Fluttershy changed back!” Twilight exclaimed before sighing a bit, “I should’ve made sure Flutterbat was completely gone after the first time.”
“Well, you didn’t. What do we do now?!” Dash asked.
“...Does she have any goals? If we can pinpoint at least one, we can distract her so I can cast a spell to at least try and seal her back in Fluttershy.” Twilight asked Silver Hawk, “Where is she now?”
“She’s in the Everfree Forest, trying her best to keep Flutterbat at bay,” Silver replied.
“Why would she be all the way out there?” Rainbow asked.
“She was starting to come back out and tried to bite me. Butterfly ran off to protect me,” Silver Hawk informed, “And biting me is her goal.”
“Wait. So she’s not trying to suck the juice out of Applejack’s apples again?” Rainbow blinked.
“...why do you think I hurried over here, you idiot?!” Silver snapped
“Hey! Don’t bite my head off!” Rainbow shouted.
“Well I’m sorry! I’m just stressed because my wife’s about to turn into a blood sucking vampire!” Silver snapped back.
“...Wife?” Dash and Twilight blinked.
“...You know what I meant! Now let’s hurry before Flutterbat fully takes over!” Silver shouted as he flew out the window.
“Hey uh... just checking Twi, but what are the chances that Flutterbat’s… bat-pony-ness was passed onto one of her foals?” Dash inquired.
“...well, it’s less than a .5% chance, so, it’s unlikely,” Twilight assured as they flew out.
---
“Ano, Posey-chan? Can you come up here a second?” Timid asked, now currently in the twin’s room.
“What is it, Timid-chan?” Posey asked off-screen.
“Snow Angel looks…funny. Just come up here and look.”
“Eh?” Posey blinked, the earth pony walking upstairs and into the room, “Funny h…?” her eyes widened in surprise and slight shock when she saw Snow’s wings being like that of a bats, her eyes were a bit wider and her ears were more bat like.
“...Uh…did that bat part of Onee-chan fully leave her?” Timid asked.
“No.”
“Then...does that mean Snow’s half pegasus, half Bat pony now?”
“....”
“Posey-san?”
“...Good night,” was all Posey said before she fainted, her eyes replaced with swirls.
“Darn you Posey! Not now!” Timid said in worry, ‘Mou. What’s Onii-chan and Onee-chan going to think when they find out about this?’