dark destiny

by treeant


first darkness

Ertenots was not born a vampire, he was just a normal pony who panicked when Discord came and took over Equestria and when you panic you make mistakes. Ertenots mistake was to hide in the everfree forest.

"Just breath that thing is busy having fun, he wont know there is one pony less."

Ertenots felt a little guilty for running away. But Discord was a god, what could Ertenots do against him? No it was safer to run away and hide. Suddenly something moved behind Ertenots, but he was to busy thinking about what to do to notice.

"Maybe I can sail away, but then I would need a boat. Or I could fly away, how would I fly? I'm an earth pony. Or...... "

That was when he heard something.

"What was..."

Then all went black. When Ertenots awoke it was night and his head hurt.

"What happened?"

Ertenots stood up and felt surprisingly good except for the headache and a very bad thirst. Ertenots made his way to a nearby lake and bent down to drink but he stopped and stared when he saw his reflection. His mane and tail had turn white, his eyes were purple. He gasped and saw he had fangs instead of normal pony teeth. Ertenots backed away from the lake, what had he become? Ertenots closed his eyes and tried to think of a solution to his problem.

" Maybe this is a dream and I will just wake up and all will be normal. Yes that's it, just a silly dream."

Than he smelled something rotten and saw a timberwolf coming at him.

"It's just a dream, he can't hurt me."

The wolf came closer and bared its fangs.

"This is a very real dream... wait, what if this is real?"

That's when the wolf attacked. Ertenots dodge his fangs but was scratch by the wolfs claws and it hurt.

"Okay, not a dream"

Ertenots ran away but the timberwolf followed.

"This is bad, this is bad. I wish I was a pegasus than I could just fly away and..."

But as Ertenots thought this he began to take off the ground and than flew over the trees Ertenots stopped running and he also stopped going forward and just hovered in the air. Ertenots looked at his back. No wings there flapping. He tried to walk again and he moved forward like he was walking on the ground, no not walking swimming. Ertenots smiled being able to fly could come in handy, then the smile faded.

"How do I get down?"

He hadn't ended that thought when he fell out off the sky. Ertenots landed hard. Everything hurt, his legs would not move, his chest felt like it was on fire and he could not breath.

"So this is how I die?"

Ertenots thought, but than something happend. He heard a snap and he could move his legs. His chest pain stopped and he could breath again. Ertenots got up and looked at himself, he didn't have a scratch on him.

"Wait scratch."

He looked at were the timberwolf had got him earlier and didn't see anything, no wound or a scratch. Ertenots looked at his hooves.

"I can heal and fly, and this isn't a dream."

Ertenots laughed like a maniac for a moment but than he felt so thirsty and dry in the throat that he had to stop.

"I have to drink something, anything."

Then he saw a fox drinking from a river. The next few moments were a blur but when Ertenots came to his senses he felt good, not thirsty any more and much stronger.

"That must have been some river water."

Ertenots licked his lips.

"Even if it is a little thick."

Ertenots stopped and looked behind him at the river than he looked away.

"Oh sweet Equestria what have I done."

He looked in horror at his hooves and felt sick.

" That poor fox was just drinking and I..." Then he realized something. " I drank its... oh no...I'm a vampire."

That was when he panicked again and began running.

" Oh no I'm a monster. I'm worse than Discord."

Than he stopped running.

"Wait Discord. Maybe he can change me back."

Ertenots made his way out of the forest and tried to think of a way to make Discord help him.

" Maybe if I ask real nicely he will... No he would just laugh, or say no. Or maybe I could promise to serve him forever if he helps me? Yeah because the god of chaos who can get any thing he wishes for with a snap of a finger needs servants so badly. Or maybe this is his doing."

Ertenots stopped walking

"Of course, why didn't I see it before. Discord thinks making ponies suffer is fun and what better way to make someone whose a coward suffer, than to turn him into a monster? He's probably laughing his head off right now."

Ertenots got angrier the more he thought of Discord laughing.

"But the jokes on him. I'm going to find him, then I'm going to fores him to change me back, or at least into something not as dangerous."

Than the sun started coming up.

"Finally the sun now I can see where I'm....Wait the sun. Doesn't sunlight kill vampires? Oh noooooo"

Ertenots yelled the last part as he ran away from the sun and it's light and tried to keep up with the fading shadow's.

" Got to find shelter, somewhere dark to hid. Oh why cant the night last forever?"

Ertenots tripped and was bathed in the sunlight.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

Ertenots screamed and closed his eyes. He waited for his skin to burn but nothing happened. Ertenots opened his eyes and looked at himself. He wasn't burning. He smiled and thanked the stars he was okay. Than his smile faded.

"Discord I'm going to hurt you."