Twilight was ready to help a pony in need but she needed to know something first. She said,”Now hold on. We don’t even know where to start looking.”

Basarab looked as if he knew the answer to that question. He stood up and pointed his hoof towards the Everfree forest and said,”We start at the castle where Luna and Celestia first lived. I will give you two until tomorrow night to get ready.”

Basarab then enveloped himself in black mist and floated away on the wind taking the other mist with him, revealing the bright and sunny day they had forgotten about. Twilight looked over at Rarity and said,”Rarity, come with me to the library.”

Rarity said nothing but she followed Twilight back to the library. On their way there they did not say a word, not to raise any suspicion. Finally Rarity walked inside and Twilight behind her. Before Twilight closed the door she looked left and right, no pony paid any attention to them. She went inside and closed the door.

Twilight found Rarity staring at her when she turned around. Her eyes were wide and she said,”We have to help Basarab.”

The words hung awkwardly in the air for a moment and finally Twilight said,”I don’t know Rarity, I don’t think I entirely trust Basarab.”

“Even after all he had to say,”Rarity said defensively,”After all his explaining, you don’t believe him?”

Rarity still looked at Twilight with her big dark blue eyes. Twilight couldn’t explain it but she didn’t trust him. Twilight says breathing out a heavy sigh,”It's not that I don't believe him, he seemed genuine...I just...I don't think he's telling us everything.”

Rarity as well sighed heavily and said,”I’m pretty sure there was a lot he isn’t telling us, darling. But sometimes you just have to have a little faith. Plus, this could be a chance to convince Celestia that the Children of the Night are a good thing.”

Twilight turned away from Rarity and thought for a long while. Rarity was right however, he seemed distraught and lost. Over a thousand years he wandered Equestria finding the two ponies to help him find and save his family. Plus, she had unanswered questions needing an answer. She turned back towards Rarity and said,”Alright, I’m in.”

At that moment they both heard a loud yawn and saw Spike come down the stairs slowly saying,”Twilight, sorry I took a nap but I just needed it and...wait, why didn’t YOU TELL ME RARITY WAS HERE!”

He rushed back upstairs, probably to spruce himself up. He always did that when Rarity was around. Twilight shook her head and looked over at Rarity. Rarity just looked over at Twilight and shrugged.

Twilight shouted up the stairs and said,”SPIKE! We’re going away for a while. Rarity needs help delivering some of her dresses to Canterlot. We’ll probably be back in a few nights.”

They received no answer but the sound of shuffling through a dresser drawer. Twilight looks over at Rarity and says trying not to get Spike’s attention,”Get your things ready. We will leave tomorrow night.”

Rarity nods her head and begins to leave when Rainbow Dash comes crashing in from the ceiling. Twilight looks at the hole in the ceiling and says,”Rainbow Dash, why can’t you just use the door like everyone else.”

Rainbow smiled and said,”Yeah, but where’s the fun in that. So, what’s going on?”

Rarity and Twilight looked at each other and they didn’t say a word. Whether it was from fear or shock, they did not know. Twilight finally said after a moment of awkward silence.
“Rarity needs help delivering some dresses to a client in Canterlot.”

“Well, I could always come with…”Rainbow explained until Rarity interrupted and said,”No, that won’t be necessary. I already asked Twilight and it is only a two mare job.”

The way she explained it, raised suspicion. Rainbow Dash was never a fool and not one to lie to. Lying to Rainbow Dash was like a death sentence. Twilight shot a look at Rarity telling her that she answered too suddenly. Rainbow looked at both Rarity and Twilight who put on grins as Rainbow looked at them.

Rainbow Dash stared long into their eyes, as if she saw something was up. For that moment Rarity and Twilight thought that they were going to have to explain everything. But she slowly removed her gaze saying,”Alright, if you need anything. You know where to find me.”

Rainbow flapped her wings and lifted off shattering yet another hole in the roof. When she was out of sight Twilight and Rarity blew out a sigh of relief.

Basarab has seen many nights like this, with his long existence on this world. Dark and foreboding but there was nothing that traversed Equestria that Basarab has not seen face to face. Basarab stood on a cliff overlooking Ponyville. Like a shadow on the moon, he starred long with his red eyes that nearly glowed from the darkness that his hood had given him.

Long had he stared at Ponyville and all throughout that time he remembered the conversation he had with Rarity and Twilight. He thought perhaps he had given them more time than they needed or he might not have found the right two mentioned in the prophecy,

No, that’s impossible. They received the nightmares. They had to be the ones to bring back the Children of the Night.

Basarab slowly pulled away his gaze from Ponyville and looked up at Canterlot. For so long he had thought of approaching his dear Mother, but he couldn’t risk Princess Celestia finding out that he was still alive. He loved his Mother too much to do something so selfish like that.

But from all of this remembering and his continuing gaze upon Canterlot he could remember when his Mother had found him. On a similar night,

I was within a deep sleep. One of which could not be disturbed from mere outside noises. A sleep where great peace assailed anyone who was within it. But something had woken me up. At first I had thought it was some mare singing in the streets. But as I listened closely to the words, it was no regular mare. It was the enchanting voice of the dear Princess Luna.

I opened the window in my room and saw a bright shining light beckoning me to fly away. I saw her fly above the buildings of Canterlot and dance along the streets like a shadow. She set her gaze upon me and all I can remember after that were the words she said,”Follow sweet children I’ll show thee the way, through all the pain and sorrows.”

I remember waking in a strange and dark place. I looked around and saw I was the only one with consciousness, the only one out of at least twelve others. I walked outside and it was night but it had felt different. Like the shadows had shown me something no pony could merely teach. I found a small pool of water and splashed my face with the cold liquid that was as dark as night. I stared at my reflection and saw a different pony. I was no longer Silverdawn. No, my mane was now jet black complimenting the dark grey coat.

But what really stood out were my shimmering scarlet red eyes. I turned to see what my cutie mark was and it had changed to what looked like a lunar crescent stained with blood. I then broke my stare when a shadowy figure approached behind me. I nearly jumped and I used a spell I never known before, where shadows lashed out like a sharp blade but the figure turned into a shade and reformed when the blade of shadow dissipated.

I saw standing over me was dear Mother, Princess Luna. I did nothing but bow and she said,”Thou doesn’t need to bow to thine's Mother.”

Luna brought her hoof out and lifted my head and continued to say in her spellbinding and soothing voice,”You need not worry my child. Thou art in a better place. A place where thou are more than a shadow upon the wall. A place where thine are more than a regular unicorn.”

She motioned for me to walk with her and so I did. Her coat made of a dark navy blue glistened in the moonlight. Her flowing mane of pure twilight glowed with unimaginable beauty. She explained as we walked through a deep forest, one of which I knew not.”You are now so much more. Thou art a new breed, to fully enjoy the beauty of my nights.”

“And what is that?”I asked with a new voice as well, it was deeper toned and I liked it, it expounded upon my new look and amplified the fear that followed after I spoke. The Princess was unfazed by the question, she continued to walk through the night and darkness and said in the same soothing and comforting voice,

“Thou art a Vampire. A new creation of mine, you feed off of the magic of other unicorns, the first of your kind. Thine powers include amplifying the ability to reshape darkness, meld with shadows, turn into mist, drain the magic from another unicorn, average unicorn spells, controlling light sources, and more as you must discover on your own, my child. But I shall show thee the way. For you shall be the first Child of the Night.”

Luna had stopped as she looked at a castle of some kind. It had a dark atmosphere to it as well as shine through the night and outside the castle walls were homes. Houses where more Children of the Night would rest during the day. It was not quite heaven but it was beautiful all the same. A new place that I could call home.

I smiled and said,”What is this place?”

Luna looked down at me with her large blue eyes and said in her always soothing voice,”It shall not have an official name but thou can refer to it as Shadow Garden.”

A noise broke Basarab’s remembrance, a dark howling wind. A voice was carried on it,”Come and meet your doom vampire.”

Basarab looked behind him and saw nothing but the beautiful night his Mother had given him. His horn glowed with red energy and as did his eyes, this allowed him to see more clearly in the dark and saw nothing but Ponyville, the shadow of Canterlot and farther away he could see the edge of the Everfree Forest. Besides that, nothing. No ponies or creatures that lurked in the shadows he was gifted in seeing through. He stopped the spell and his eyes returned to their normal red color. He stared at the edge of the forest and all he had to say for that night was,
“Truly Mother, guard me and help me against the darkness that I will face ahead. And protect Twilight and Rarity.”

Basarab went back to staring up at Canterlot and saw what he was waiting to see. He waited to see his Mother swoop from her balcony in the castle and fly through the night singing and looking for her children. It was so hard to resist the urge of wanting to return to his Mother, but he again could not. I has taken him years to master in resisting the call of his Mother.

Basarab could not explain it but there was something to the way she sang the poem. Basarab had sung it many times and it brought no one. He has even used magic to compel people to follow him, but alas did not have the same result. It brought no one. Basarab could compel ponies to do his deeds but could not stay loyal to him. He has tried reading something about the poem but found nothing. It is a mystery how she can convince many people to follow her with unconditional love.

Basarab then slowly broke his gaze from Canterlot to the horizon and saw that is was almost dawn. Normal vampire myths say that vampires burn in the sun. Basarab doesn’t, he was just forbidden to ever see it because he might want to worship Celestia instead of his Mother.

He then turned away from the rising sun and went into a dark cave in the side of a mountain. Soon nothing could be seen but the darkness that swallowed Basarab.

Author's Notes:

What is strange about writing these chapters is I always seem to finish them at night. Weird.