“Where is Pure Blood!?” I stammered out.

"She took shelter in the townhall, HURRY!” my adoptive father stated as he began to panic.

I dropped my smithing hammer and ran outside of the barn. My village was burning in the night and every few seconds there were golden-white beams that incinerated houses, ponies and vampires alike. And from everywhere screams of agony and fear echoed out as I ran into the thick of it.

Then not long after I had done so a golden-white beam soon missed me by mere centimeters thanks to my new vampiric speed, but it scorched the fur on my right shoulder. However, I just bit back the pain as I rushed towards the townhall. And while I was dodging most things in my panicked rush I soon became stopped by a pony in golden armor whom had blocked my path.

But with no small amount of luck my adoptive father burst out of nowhere and body slammed them to the ground. He then growled out, “I will hold them off, get to safety!” as he struggled with his foe. And without thinking I turned and ran as fast as I could to the center of our village. But sorrow soon filled me for as I ran I heard my father scream in pain before it was abruptly cut off.

However I did not have time to dwell upon such thoughts and though adoptive father had perished his sacrifice had allowed me to make it to the townhall in one piece. And with little grace I jumped through its doorway and slammed them shut and barred them.

“What is happening Blood Moon!?” I heard Pure Blood speak out in a panic behind me.

“We need to barricade the doors and hide!” I replied failing to stay calm.

Then in short order Me, Pure Blood, and the village ponies that were with us started piling anything we could find against the doors. But I knew this would not hold forever so I grabbed Pure Blood by her right forehoof and ran into a small room in the back of the townhall before barring the doors and barricading them.

“What do we do Blood Moon?!” Pure Blood spoke still panicking.

And truth be told I had little idea so I did first thing that came to mind. I put both of my forehooves on the sides of her head and had her face me. I then brushed her brown mane away, looked into her beautiful newly glowing brown slitted eyes, and kissed her on her lips. Time and sound stopped for what felt like an eternity. But then not but a moment later the door next to us exploded throwing me into the far wall of the room and smashed me into a crate with a sickening crunch.

“Well yer right, Silver Hammer. There were some stragglers in here,” some deep voice said.

“I don’t just make this stuff up, Light Blade,” Silver Hammer stated with a snarky tone.

“Ahh look at this one, she looks to be recently turned. She’s barely able to put up a fight," Light Blade said grinning. He then picked her up by the neck with a glowing golden ring attached to his left forehoof.

“Blood Moon help!” Pure Blood pleaded.

“Pure Blood!” I tried to yell, but all that came out was cracking whisper from my crushed throat.

“Ain’t nopony going to help ya now ya little foal,” Light Blade stated and laughed.

“Blood Moon!” Pure Blood screamed as he drove a glowing blade he had on his right forehoof into her stomach.

“Blood Moon!” I heard a cracking male voice. “Wake up! Ponyville is under attack!” it stated again. My eyes snapped open to see Spike trying his best to shake me awake. “We need your help Blood Moon!” he yelled and began to panic.

“Back up Spike,” I stated quickly and spoke in my mind, 'Suppression armor, sleep mode deactivate.' Spike stumbled backwards as my armor’s spikes pulled themselves out of the ground. They then reattached to my leg armor and my plate armor unfused itself. Right after that I grabbed Spike with my magic and hurriedly placed him on my back while I galloped up the basement stairs. And there I saw Twilight in the middle of library issuing orders to five other ponies.

“Rainbow Dash, scout the area and see how many make up their forces,” she stated.

“You got it boss," replied a rainbow colored pegasus moments before she zipped out the front door.

Twilight turned to an orange colored earth pony with a cowpony hat. “Applejack, test their soldiers, we need to know their strengths and find any weaknesses,” she said.

“Yes ma’am,” responded the orange earth pony as she galloped out the door.

Twilight sighed and looked deep in thought. She then turned to a bouncing pink earth pony and a yellow, pink maned pegasus. “Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, I need you two to create a distraction. These ponies are organized and we need to cause some chaos in their ranks," she said.

“Okie dokie lokie,” giggled the pink earth pony as the yellow pegasus cowered closer to the ground with a whimper. The pink earth pony then grabbed the yellow pegasus and bolted out the door faster than any mortal pony should have been able to do.

Twilight finally turned to an all-white unicorn with a dark purple mane. “Rarity, I need your help by controlling an arcane golem,” she said.

“Darling, I’m not one for military tactics and brutish…,” the white unicorn began to respond, however, she was interrupted by a pony running into the library.

“The Carousel Boutique has been heavy damaged!” he stated urgently.

“I’LL DESTROY THEM!” the white unicorn shrieked and ran out the door with burning rage in her eyes.

I put Spike down and stated, “I am impressed Princess with your leadership skills. I have seen veteran soldiers with much less aptitude in it. As well I am more than a little awed that you can create golems. Those are not easy to make and hide.”

She turned her head and blushed, “Hello Blood Moon, good you’re up. It seems a group of those rogue solar channelers are attacking Ponyville,” she said with worry in her eyes.

“Well I say we take the fight to them and I shall show you why they call me a Reaper Knight,” I said with malicious glee.

She nodded gathering her courage and said “Let’s go.”

I am not sure what I was expecting, but this was worse than I could have thought. We walked out of the library and the village was half destroyed and some of it was burning. Flashbacks started plaguing my mind and I shook my head. Twilight and Spike looked at me with a concerned glances.

“Are you okay Blood moon?” Twilight stated.

“I am fine, it is just memories of times long since passed,” I said trying to focus again.

We then started galloping through the village telling everypony to seek shelter in the townhall. Another flashback struck me and I had to shake it off as we continued to direct ponies. But soon our attackers had showed themselves. For a beam of golden-white light flashed by missing me by a few meters and burned a hole in the building next to me.

“It appears it is show time,” I said while grinning. I then spoke in my mind, 'suppression armor, deactivate suppression field and activate battle mode.'

I cracked my neck as my armor’s plates moved and lifted covering me in tiny blades and spikes. Shadowy smoke soon started to emanate from my armor forming a wispy cloak as I held out my left forehoof. Lastly, static, light blue flame and shadow formed in the air in front of me creating a three meter long pole and a meter curved blade. Then after my scythe finished materializing it had then floated eagerly to me. “Hello, old friend,” I said smiling.

Not long after another beam of light came from my right side. In response I quickly turned and faced it. I then moved the scythe’s pole parallel to the ground and held my right forehoof on the side of the skyward pointed blade. And at the last moment I reflected the beam back at one of the two golden armored ponies.

In turn they had attempted to dodge, but the beam blasted a hole straight though their side armor and punched out the other end. They then fell with a gurgling thump. And in a cruel wide death's head grin I bared my fangs behind my helm and whispered, “My turn."

But of course watching their fellow pawn get slaughtered caused the other golden armored pony to shift into wide eyed panic as they started to rapidly fire from their horn and hooves. In response I galloped straight at them, shifting back and forth dodging the beams as I dragged my scythe’s blade in the earth with my magic. The pony then stated to panic more becoming sloppy with their aiming but making up for it in bulk. But this did them little good for in a single graceful horizontal arc, my scythe swept right through their neck. Blood soon formed from their mouth and the wound. Their body then faltered falling to the right as their wide eyed head slid off to the left. Afterwards my scythe glowed with light blue light as I drained the lingering life force from the body.

Twilight and Spike gaped at me in horror for what I had done. “I apologize you two, but this war. We cannot give any quarter, for we shall receive none,” I stated solemnly before adding, “No time to delay. We must help the others at the townhall. It is starting to become dawn and I will be of little use out here when that happens." Twilight just slowly nodded and we galloped to the center of Ponyville.

Everywhere we looked there were Twilight’s four legged, one story tall arcane golems being controlled by the Ponyville citizens inside them. They were all engaged in open battle against the rogue solar channelers. And the tide of battle shifted back and forth in a chaotic dance of light purple and golden-white blasts. But eventually we made it the townhall and Applejack ran up next to us.

“Twilight, these bullies are young and inexperienced, but their darn blasted solar magic keeps pushing us back. The only weakness these light bulbs have is their arrogance,” she stated trying to catch her breath.

“Thank you Applejack,” Twilight responded with a worried look.

Rainbow Dash then zipped from the clouds with slightly charred feathers and yelled overhead, “Twilight, they have thirty to forty in their ranks. Most of them are battling your golems, but two very powerful ones are on their way here. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy have been creating distractions with Pinkie’s party cannon and some woodland animals to slow them down, but they won’t hold out forever.” And before Twilight could say anything Rainbow Dash bolted back into the clouds over the battle. She then bucked a cloud and it ignited a rogue solar channeler with a lightning strike. Twilight’s look of worry deepened in response.

“Twilight we need to get in the townhall and protect the ponies inside,” I said snapping her out of her trance.

She shook her head before stating, “Let’s go."

But just as we started to turn to run towards the townhall doors a house exploded nearby. A female pegasus with a silver two-hooved hammer appeared from the rubble followed by a male unicorn with a glowing blade on his right foreleg.

I gasped in shock and yelled out, “NO! It cannot be them!”

Unfathomable dread shook me to my core right before an arcane golem stomped in front of us facing the two new enemies. It then stated in an echoing voice, “Twilight, you, Spike, Applejack and your tall, dark friend head inside. I’ll take care of these ruffians.”

“Thank you, Rarity,” Twilight said as she grabbed my right foreleg and we all ran inside the townhall as the golem charged forward.

Then in no time at all me and Twilight barred and barricaded the front doors while Applejack tried to calm the other citizens huddling together. “No no no it cannot be them!” I said shaking as flashbacks slammed back and forth in my vision.

“What’s wrong Blood Moon?” Twilight stated as her and Applejack looked at me in worry.

“How are they still alive?!” I spoke again breathing rapidly before the front doors exploded inwards with a flash of light and brutal force. In turn I did not have time to react before I was violently thrown across the room and then crashed into some stacked tables and chairs, throwing my scythe away from me.

Then with slow smooth movements Silver Hammer hovered into the room with her hammer in her hooves. Light Blade came in right after dragging the bloodied, limp, and unconscious body of Rarity by the neck with a glowing golden ring that came from his left forehoof. And in what little blurry vision I possessed I noticed a small trickle of blood dribbled out of sides of Rarity's closed mouth.

"RARITY!" screamed Spike.

“GET AWAY FROM HER!” both Twilight and Applejack yelled in unison and charged at Light Blade. Silver Hammer dove forward in response and swung her hammer missing Twilight by centimeters, but connecting with Applejack’s hind legs with a loud crack. The impact had spun Applejack through the air before she slammed into a wall and fell motionless to the ground.

Twilight however continued her charge but right as she got to Light Blade he threw Rarity aside and caught her by the throat with his left forehoof. He then stood up on his hind legs and pulled Twilight off the ground with a glowing golden ring around her neck.

“Ahhh yer the prize we've been seeking Princess Twilight Sparkle. Yer gonna fuel our powers fer years to come," he said while laughing.

I tried to get up, but a hammer crashed down on my back slamming me to the ground and shutting down my wispy cloak. Then three other rogue solar channelers trotted over and held me down.

“Somepony help!” I heard Twilight scream as a flashback clouded my sight for a second.

Light Blade in reply said, “Ain’t nopony going to help you lass,” before laughing.

But in some last ditch effect Twilight's horn flared and blinded him with a flash of purple light. However this only caused him to screech out in anger, “Ya little foal!” before he thrust his glowing hoof blade into her stomach. Time soon slowed to a crawl as I saw Twilight’s eyes open in shock and agony. And just like that something inside my mind snapped.

A red haze covered my eyes as I forcibly stood up and screamed at top of my lungs in a primal rage, “GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HER!”. A torrent of unstable energy then rippled out from me and caused pieces of my armor to explode outward. The shrapnel this caused tore the rogue solar channelers that were holding me down to bits.

Then upon realizing this Silver Hammer swung her hammer over head but I merely pointed my left forehoof at her chest and glared at her in hateful fury. And before she was able to complete her swing there was a loud thump and she stood still in shock. Blood soon welled from the sides of her mouth as her hammer dematerialized. She then fell forward on her face revealing my scythe embedded in her spine. Afterwards without hesitation I quickly tore my scythe from Silver Hammer’s back with my front hooves almost ripping her body in half. I then threw my weapon at Light Blade with all my might.

My scythe flashed through the air end over end. And just as Light Blade pulled his hoof blade out of Twilight’s stomach the scythe cleanly sliced his left foreleg off at the shoulder. It then drove itself into the wall behind him. Light Blade gasped as his leg fell off dropping Twilight onto the ground. But he did not have any time to respond before I howled in pure hatred and charged at him with all-consuming rage in my eyes. I then spun on my front hooves, pulled in my hind legs, and bucked him square in the chest.

Two hoof prints appeared on his breastplate as he was viciously thrown back into the wall by my scythe. I then galloped at him and he managed to gather his bearings enough to thrust his glowing hoof blade down at me. However I caught his strike with my left forehoof, the blade centimeters from my eyes. But this did not stall my onslaught as I screamed, “THIS IS FOR MY DECADES OF TORMENT!” and slammed my right forehoof into left side of his head throwing off his helmet.

He then tried to charge his horn with solar energy but I screamed again, “THIS IS FOR ALL THE PONIES YOU HAVE HURT!” and grabbed his horn with my right forehoof. And with a savage yank, I wrenched it off his head. He howled in pain in response as I screamed once more, “THIS IS FOR ALL THE PONIES YOU HAVE KILLED!” and grabbed his right foreleg with my forehooves.

Then with the snapping of bone and scraping of metal I drove his hoof blade into his stomach. He let out a gurgling moan as the blade stapled him to the wall. Finally, I yelled in pure anguish, hate, and rage, “I HOPE YOU BURN IN TARTARUS!” as I placed my forehooves on either side of his head and tore it off in a shower of blood and gore.

I then unceremoniously dropped his head, pulled my scythe out of wall and forcibly sucked the remaining life force out of his body. It then slumped forward leaking onto the floor while still stapled to the wall. The red haze that had covered my vision soon dissipated and I started to sway.

But before I collapsed I heard Spike yell, “Blood Moon we need your help!” urgently behind me.

I turned towards Spike’s voice and leaned most of my weight on my scythe. My blood soon started to drip from several wounds caused from my overloaded armor. But with no small amount of effort I managed to limp over to where Twilight was and saw her holding her stomach, her eyes scrunched closed in pain. But without warning I fell next to her with my scythe clattering to the floor. However, with gritted teeth I managed to drag myself back up before stating, “Please Spike...send…a letter...to the princesses...we need…their help,” as I coughed up blood.

I did not see Spike leave as I tried to retract my helm. It sizzled and scraped a few seconds, but it did not retract. “I do not have time for this,” I groaned in reply as I placed my forehooves on the back of my head and pried it off. I then tossed my twisted helm aside and noticed Twilight’s breathing was getting shallow and light. It seemed that fate made my choice for me. For I did not have enough blood to try anything else other than one option.

I knelt next to her and turned her head to face me, partially lifting her torso with my left foreleg. “Please forgive me,” I lamented as I tipped my head back, opened my mouth, and drove my fangs into her neck. Blood spilled into my mouth as I grabbed for my scythe. I then channeled my stored life force energy through my fangs directly into her body. The light blue energy surged as I forced the first stage of vampirism to take hold.

Afterwards it was difficult to pull myself from her delicious arcane charged sweet tasting blood, but I put her back down and with my left forehoof I tore the armor off my right foreleg. The shattered armor created a seven centimeter long gash that started to bleed. I then lifted my bleeding leg her mouth and in a shaky voice said, “Please princess...drink...otherwise…you are...going to...bleed…to death."

She put up a weak protest before drinking the blood from my leg and completing the final stage of vampirism. Her back then arched and the force pulled her away from my leg. After this she began to writhed in agony and was locked in a silent scream as her top canine teeth lengthened to three centimeter long points. She then partially calmed down and started to breathe heavily as the deep wound in her stomach began to clot. And with a small smile I grabbed her left forehoof with my right and stated, “You are...going to be...all right," before my eyes rolled back into my head and I fell next to her with a loud thump. My vision soon faded, and darkness took me.

There is nothing worse than reliving repressed horrid memories...