Seamus dropped the branding iron, satisfied with his work. He had left all her vital organs untouched, but everything else was totally fried. He had destroyed all of her sexual organs, form her uterus and ovaries to the clit, it was all burnt. He had made sure to make it as thorough as possible, like she had never even had anything there. He sighed, mentally exhausted. But he still had a long night ahead.

Suddenly the reality that his friend had venom in his veins crashed on him. At first he panicked, but then he sighed and relaxed, thinking of a plan. He turned to Sky, who had calmly averted his face while Seamus had performed his deed. He threw the iron aside, disgusted with what he had done. He wished he wasn’t the one that had to do it, but somepony needed to teach her a lesson. The Lady had fallen unconscious after he had started. He sighed, he didn’t want to look at her any longer.. With no further delay, he leapt off the bed and looked at Sky longingly. He wanted to repay his debt now… to carry through with his vow, but now was not the time.

He embraced his partner, tears in his eyes. “I missed you so much.” He sobbed.

Sky returned the hug, but leaned away to not become to caught in the moment. “Sea, I need to find a phoenix soon.”

Seamus jumped away from him to the door hastily. “Come on. I know a friend that knows a zebra and a nurse. We need to get to the hospital and we need to get that phoenix.”

It didn’t take long to round  Celestia and the mane six up, it was actually rather simple once they found Rainbow Dash in a room with Soarin swapping spit. Although Rainbow was very mad, they managed to get all of them in the to the guest bedroom. Seamus had untied Melody and put her in the bed, tucking her in gently. The mares looked at her in confusion, wondering what that awful smell was. Seamus had disintegrated the branding iron to spare the back-story. The young colt looked at Twilight in confusion.

“Where’s Fluttershy?” He asked.

“Um… in here.” She responded meekly from the behind the washroom door.

Seamus nearly choked on his own tongue. She had been there the entire time?! He regretted doing his foul deed even more now. Fluttershy had seen his act in all it’s disgusting glory, and he was ashamed. He unlocked the door with a massive burst of magic. To be as brief as possible, he started immediately.

“Melody and Jakben snuck into the castle and tried to torture me and Sky. She made him drink poison and we need a hospital and about a quart of phoenix tears to keep him from dieing.”

Everypony looked at him dumbly, all except Celestia, who was used to high-pressure situations. She stood up tall and looked at him dead in the eyes, she was totally calm, cool-headed even though a life was at stake. The princess was thousands of years old and she knew how to handle herself.

“Seamus, let me take Sky to the hospital, you and Twilight need to get Zecora and Nurse Redheart. AppleJack, Rainbow Dash, I need you two to find and locate Jakben. Do not confront him, no matter what. Rarity and Pinkie, get the guests out. Is everypony clear?” She asked; they all nodded. “Everypony except Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie meet me to find the vampire after you’re done. You three need to stay with Sky.”

The six leapt into action, each heading to their own jobs Celestia had just explained. Once the room was clear, the sun empress strode up to the bed and looked at Melody, curious. She didn’t know exactly what he had done to the Lady, but she knew that he had punished her. She wasn’t about to question him,  either. She looked to Sky, who was pale as a sheet. As much as she wanted to just teleport him straight to the hospitalPhilomena was fickle, especially this time of the year. She would need to convince the extremely proud phoenix that it was absolutely necessary she cry.

The princess sighed and let out a small explosion of magic, sending them to her quarters.

The two alicorns and the pegasus appeared in a huge turret suite, it was an amazing suite to be sure. Extravagant, decorated in gold and red, hints of pink showing on occasion. With a sudden epiphany, Seamus realized that this entire room was devoted to the phoenix Philomena. Celestia strode over to a nest the size of a queen sized bed. Before the ruler was at the nest, though, the phoenix let out a screech and flew forth, her talons barred. Celestia stopped the bird with a slight twist of magic, bringing her to a gentle rest on her back. She looked at the phoenix and considered scolding her, but decided that the bird was an animal, and animals were understandably instinct driven. After all, in the wild phoenixes had tons of creatures after their much-valued feathers.  

She nodded empathetically and said. “Philomena, I need you to do something. I know that you are a very proud independent bird, but I need you to cry for these foals. One is poisoned and needs your tears as an cure. If could you do this… for me?” She asked, being as respectful and unimposing as possible.

The phoenix turned her beak skyward with a squawk, refusing.

“Philomena… please?  I know you don’t want to demean yourself, but these young foals need your tears. I’ll give you fire rubies for a month.” She bribed; the phoenix looked at the princess now, interested at the offer. “For… a year?” Philomena’s interest was piqued now, but she wanted more.

Seamus had enough, he slammed his hoof on the floor and his horn glowed threateningly. “Just cry already!” He yelled. “A few tears! Please!?”

The phoenix sighed and looked to themoon as if to say ‘why me?’ and squeezed her eyes shut. It took a few moments, but a single crystalline tear rolled out of the bird’s eye and teetered on the hook of her beak.  Seamus levitated the tear away form the bird and collected three more, adding up to a small, marble-sized globule. The alicorn conjured a straw and held it out to his friend. Sky gratefully sipped up the tears, pulling a face form the taste.

“What did it taste like?” Seamus asked.

“Cider.” The pale blue pegasus coughed. “Really sour cider.”

Celestia cast off the bird and strode over to the two. “Are you two ready, because you still need medical attention.”

With another nod, the three disappeared.

Meanwhile…

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AppleJack and Rainbow wandered the dungeons, meandering through the endless stone corridors.

“So Rainbow, y’all saw the way that creep looked at me, right? Really freaked me out.”  AppleJack said, her eyes nervously darting along the empty stone cells, lingering on the pitch black shadows.

The corridors were only lit by a few lonely torches suspended above the cold granite floor, casting a plethora of shadows that danced like insane dervishes between the endless rows of iron bars. The cells were all empty, cold, barren. Nothing moved, the only thing that was seen in the shadows were rats and the occasional skeleton laying in the abandoned cells. The quiet was haunting, the two’s hoof steps echoing off the walls, resonating back to their ears in a deafening, cacophonous din.

“Oh, you’re just a chicken.” Rainbow laughed nervously. “He‘s probably harmless.”

“Oh, really?” Rainbow jumped into the air and screamed like a frightened foal, prompting a mocking laugh to explode off the walls, bouncing form the many flat surfaces, making it impossible to tell what the source was. “Oh, you amuse me Rainbow Crash.” Jakben chuckled.

“Don’t call me that!” The terrified pegasus screamed back, hurting her own ears when the sound ricocheted back to pierce her eardrums. “That isn’t my name.” She said, more softly.

“Well, those colts form your old flight camp seemed to like the little pet name… especially when they cried it in their last moments of life. I love it when they whisper me things just before they pass… it reveals their true nature.” The voice of Jakben mused. “I love how pegasi die, they jerk and make this little chirping noise.”  He erupted into another fit of mad laughter.  

Rainbow shrank back in fear, the vampire was mad. It went through no question, the pegasus had gone mad in his old age. The ancient had lost his mind, and now he was going to do his best to make their lives as miserable as possible  before he killed them.

“Now…” He chuckled. “I must say, that hat is very becoming of you, AJ. I honestly think it brings out your tail.”

“Show yourself so I can buck you right in your smart mouth!” The furious earth pony yelled.

A huge force knocked the mare to the floor. “Oh, tut tut. Know your place, mare.” Jakben mocked.

Rainbow flew up in the air and grabbed a torch. With a twist, she threw it down the corridor. A moment later it flew back and hit her in the face, knocking her to the cold stones and splitting her lip. Another massive burst of laughter echoed down the corridor.

“I suggest you two be a little more polite.” Jakben chuckled. “After all, it would be a shame to waste such…” Rainbow was suddenly slapped on the flank.

The mare jumped up indignantly, swinging a hoof to try and hit the vampire, but he was yet again gone.

“Come out you creep!” She screamed in frustration

“As you wish.” The vampire appeared to them, nonchalantly posing on the floor, mocking them with a long-fanged smile. “Now what? Any other requests?”

Rainbow lunged at him with all her speed, closing the distance between them in a blur of motion. The vampire wasn’t prepared for her, so she managed to get a hold on him. She managed to hold him somehow while he was still stunned.

“AJ now!” The pegasus yelled.

A huge two-hoofed buck knocked the vampire from Rainbow’s grip and into an open cell. AppleJack slammed the cell door, high-hoofing her friend in victory. The vampire grabbed the bars of the cell and heaved with all his might. The bars didn’t give at all, further angering the vampire.

“Let me go you sluts! I’ll leave now, if you don’t mind.” Jakben spat.

Rainbow gave the door a victory kick. Her hoof was caught by the vampire, that twisted the entire leg right out of it’s socket. The pegasus screamed in agony. Even then the nosferatu didn’t let her go. AppleJack kicked his foreleg, breaking it backwards on the rod of iron. The vampire looked at his leg and shrugged.

“It’ll take a lot more than that to faze me.” He chuckled and broke it back into place with a disgusting snap.

Rainbow looked at her arm, her pain exploding in blinding waves. She looked at it in shock, it was totally out of socket. Not only that, it was backwards, her hoof was scraping the cold stone from the opposite direction.

“Ooooh…. What a shame. I hope you don’t cry. Are you going to cry, little filly? Should I get you a tissue? Maybe I could rip out my tail, would that suffice?” He sneered.

AppleJack wanted so much to kick him directly in the jaw, but didn’t want to risk her limb, he may have bitten it off that time. The mare looked at her winged friend and sighed, she would have to get a medic while Rainbow watched to see if he escaped. Rainbow could fly, but she didn’t know if there was internal bleeding or not, so it was best the pegasus not exacerbate the already sever break.

“Ah’ll be right back.” The farmhand said. “Ah’ll just go find Luna and she’ll get us all right out of here, you watch.”

The farmhand walked away, leaving the vampire and the athlete alone.

Hours passed. Jakben smiled at her in the dim light, his fangs glinting. He posed in on the floor, arranging his limbs provocatively. She averted her eyes with a sniff, she wasn’t in the mood for his deceptive advances. He just kept smiling up at her, his head in his hooves and his eyes half closed.

“I apologize for that. I have to keep up appearances in front of certain mares. You seem like the mare to know, though.” He said softly, seductively. “Now… I just wanted to get out of the castle to escape Melody. If you could just let me go I will heal your wound and you’ll never see me again.”

Rainbow wasn’t listening... She had her head up and her ears down, not paying any attention to the vampire’s soft-spoken words.

“Please, I’m very sorry about that. You two were blocking my way and when you began to yell at me I just reacted out of temper. Please just hear me out.”

The rainbow maned  mare rolled her eyes and made the mistake of looking at him. He was so handsome, yet deadly, his muscles rippling like corded steel under his deep blue coat. The shadows that were cast made his eyes glint in the torch-light, his sanguine irises drawing her in. He was on the floor, asking her politely, begging almost, giving her genuine reasons to leave him be. She drew closer to the cage, mesmerized by his eyes.

“Please dear, I wish nothing more than to be free and leave not only Melody, but all of this behind, start over, maybe. You will never see me again.” He purred, stretching across the floor of the stone cell like a wildcat. “I beg of you. If you let me go I will heal you and more. Imagine flying at your speed, but a thousand times faster. I promise you everything of that nature and more…”

He was leaning close the bars, smiling at her and holding out his hoof invitingly. She was leaning close, too. She was intrigued by his offer… and something else in his words, the way he was positioned on the stone floor, his inviting eyes, the way he was treating her.

“What do you mean, it’ll make me fly faster? And what do you mean, more?” Rainbow asked, leaning close to him, curious.

He smiled at her yet again, it was sad, yet still extremely handsome. “I just meant that if you want to be the best, you need only trust me for a moment, then I’ll be out of your mane forever.” He was so close to her now, his face just an inch from hers. “Just let me out and I’ll make it worth it.” He put his hoof under her chin, lifting his lips to hers.

He smoothly pressed his lips to hers, tracing his tongue along her own. She broke away, an intense blush on her cheeks.

“No! You’re just trying to trick me!” She yelled, much to Jakben’s disappointment.

“Please dear. In no way am I deceiving you. I’m telling you the complete truth. I can make all your dreams come true… and more if you care to accept it. I will serve you tirelessly if you please, in any way you please. You’re are a mare to be served, after all. Beautiful beyond all comparison, fit, sleek body… cute face… tight flanks…”  He had his eyes half-closed again, luring her, seducing her. “I’ve never seen another mare that takes such excellent care of her body.”

She couldn’t look away and her own body was killing her. An ache in her, long forgotten, was radiating from her hips. Sweat was beading out of her face, betraying her intentions. Her wings were twitching madly at her sides, wanting to fly up in the air. He was offering to heal her, make her a better flier and never bother her again, no strings attached. She just had to help him escape.

“Okay…” She grabbed the door and undid the lock.

He stood up, his grin growing. “That’s a good girl. I must say, you are the gem. Now, just please step over here.”

She took one step closer to him looking up at the colt, drowning in his wine-red eyes.

“One step closer, dear.”

She moved closer. He put his hoof under her chin. Their lips met. Rainbow held up a leg and let a gasp escape her lips, her wings flew up in the air. He chuckled. This would be interesting. For him.

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