Author's Notes:

I will incorporate the song so you don't have to read it. Remember the color and click the link of the assigned color

First One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1HwpyQPE14

Second One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mii4tvy2MbA

And the Third One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pre0v7wtWvQ

Twilight awoke with a gasp and lifted herself up to a sitting position. She was breathing heavily she focuses her eyes and sees Spectra and Rainbow sitting waiting for her to awake. Spectra steps next to her and says softly, ”Easy darling.”

She sat next to Twilight and rested a hoof on her shoulder. Twilight started controlling her breathing and she looked and saw she was in the guest room of Carousel Boutique. It was not as elaborately decorated as Rarity’s room or Sweetie Belle’s but it was decorated just the same. She closed her eyes and said lowering her head, ”Zenzele and Dracula...where are they?”

Spectra replied, ”They...they’re gone…”

Silence overtook the mood and filled the heavy air, they all felt very close to Dracula even though they had met him no more than a few weeks ago. Heavy hearts and breathless breaths, all but fade into nothingness as they mourn for Dracula. Twilight rests her hoof on the North Star necklace around her neck. She closed her eyes and silently she could hear the voice of Dracula,

Lost in the darkness,
Silence surrounds you.
Once there was morning,
Now endless night.

If I could reach you,
I'd guide you and teach you
To walk from the darkness
Back into the light.

“Deep in your silence,
Please try to hear me;
I'll keep you near me
Till night passes by.

I will find the answer.
I'll never desert you -
I promise you this -
Till the day that I die…”

Twilight came back to reality when she heard his voice come from somewhere else. They all looked and searched around the room and found nothing. Rainbow looked out the window and had a look of surprise. She said waving her hoof over at Spectra and Twilight, “Guys. Over here, look at this.”

Twilight and Spectra rush over next to Rainbow Dash to see what she was looking at. There was a pony hooded and cloaked. All three of them bolted through the boutique to meet this stranger. Bursting through the front door they made their way into the square and stood fifteen feet away from the hooded pony. His face hidden and his shadow casting largely and engulfing them from the light behind him. His form and outline was truly fear inducing.

Twilight studied every little detail and saw that it was an Alicorn. Finally the figure stepped forward and lifted a hoof and pulled his hood down revealing who it was. His face was round and his features youthful and strong. His eyes were bright red and filled with emotion and compassion. He stared long into Twilight’s eyes and she melted in his gaze, unable to move and so shocked she could not believe herself. It was Dracula but instead of his usual dark blue coat, his coat was a pale white and a jet black. His mane and tail the same jet black color with a long white stripe through it. His voice was the same baritone voice, but more soft and tender bringing great passion to her ears with every word. He said, “I am sorry for worrying everypony. Just know that I am before you a different pony, from this moment on my destiny is my own.”

Twilight stepped forward and looked deep into his eyes and she was wordless. There were no words to describe how she felt. But there was a song and Dracula knew the song and started off,
“Sometimes I see
Past the horizon,
Sure of my way,
Where I am going-

But where's the prize
I have my eyes on?
Where?
There is just no knowing!

And when despair
Tears me in two,
Who can I turn to
But you?
You know who I am ...
Take me as I am”

Twilight sang the next words drawing closer to him.
“Look in my eyes.
Who do you see there?
Someone you know,
Or just a stranger?

If you are wise,
You will see me there!
Love is the only danger!

Love... meaning me,
Love... meaning you,
We'll make that one dream come true!
You know who I am...
Take me as I am.”

They were mere inches away from each other and they sang together, in perfect unison and harmony.

“Though fate won't always do
What we desire-
Still we can set
The world on fire!

Give me your hand,
Give me your heart-

[Dracula]
Swear to me we'll never part!
You know who I am

[Twilight]
You know who I am

[Dracula]
This is who I am

[Twilight]
This is who I am

[Dracula & Twilight]
Take me as I am…”

After they finished singing they shared a warm and loving kiss and after a few seconds Dracula said pulling back from the kiss, “I love you so much Twilight.”

Spectra looks over at Rainbow and said in surprise, “Rainbow, are you crying?”

Rainbow quickly rubbed her eyes and said, “Of course not! Crying? Me? No way!”

Dracula laughed and said to Rainbow, “It is alright Rainbow. We won’t tell anypony.”

Rainbow nodded her head slowly and stepping closer she said, “You frightened everypony, just disappearing like that. Where did you go?”

Dracula kept a hoof around Twilight’s shoulder and his face grew darker as he continued, “I confronted that which I feared the most. Not knowing whether or not I would survive, bathing in the darkness of the night. Truly, it was horrible. But, I pushed through all the shadows and now I am more powerful than before. Much more powerful. I have no doubt that I now match Living Shadow’s own power.”

He turned his attention to Spectra and said, “I granted Rainbow the memories I stole from her. But there is something that I must do for you.”

He stopped resting his hoof over Twilight’s shoulder and walked up to Spectra and said, “You have more than proven your power, and I’m sure more would find its way into you. You are now in control of your own fate and destiny. I cannot teach you anymore, my powers are of those that no other can wield.”

He lowered his head and rested his horn over her head and a warm red aura surrounded his horn and began absorbing into her mind. She felt more control and more in tune with herself. The energies circulating in and out of her mind and body felt as if they were restoring more than just her normal self, it felt as if her strength had returned with more vigor. The energies calmed and she opened her eyes. Her senses felt more heightened and the colors are more vibrant. She looked over at Dracula and she said in a respectful tone, “Thank you Dracula.”

His response was a nod of his head and slowly blinking his eyes. She could definitely feel that he was different, he carried himself the same but with more confidence. Before he carried himself with so much weight now he feels almost weightless, he would just stack even more burdens than he needed. In his eyes she could see more intense looks and studied everything with more interest and, no doubt, more detail. The silence was as still as the cold wind. Everypony motionless and unmoving. Finally after a few moments Wraith approached them and he bowed low seeing the sight of Dracula. Dracula nods and pulls his hoof back from around Twilight.

Dracula stated, “Wraith. What news do you bring?”

His cold metallic voice spoke over the rushing wind, “My scouts bring back reports that the Princesses are nearing. I as well bring reports that the messenger from the Crystal Empire will arrive shortly.”

Dracula nodded and again and replied, “Good. Send a messenger over to get our allies in the church, they will be anxious to meet their rulers. And have the scouting parties return, we are nearing a final assault we need all the soldiers we can get. We need to be at full strength if we have any hope of succeeding…”

“MY LORD! MY PRINCE!”

Wraith and Dracula turned to see Thassarian rushing towards them. He stops in front of them and bows low. When he comes back up he said with heavy breaths, “My prince. The changelings have sent a small skirmish party to the eastern wall, they hope to sabotage it.”

Dracula’s expression tightened and he said, “Then we cannot allow them this pleasure. Wraith you will accompany me in dealing with them.”

“It will be an honor, my prince.”Wraith said with a smile and nodding his head. Dracula looks into the winter air and shoots off as fast as he can muster, having a stream of dark nether follow behind him. His skin and eyes start to burn and peeling off of him is pure netherial energy. He stops high in the air and scans the aerial view of Ponyville. He sees small black dots near the eastern wall and he tightens his gaze. Shooting down as fast as he could, a large boom resonated from behind him as the ground came at him faster and faster.

Before he crashed into the ground he steeled himself and landed hard on his hooves. Cracking and breaking the earth and pulsating out of him was a large wave of pure netherial energy and he looked and saw some of the Changelings melt and burn in the pure death force energy. He summoned Whiteash and held it tightly in his telekinesis. The haze and smoke disappeared and he scanned around. Surrounding him was around fifteen Changelings, all wielding different weapons. He as well saw a twenty foot tall one that carried a large maul made from obsidian stone. He looked around the battlefield and in a ready stance, readied an attack from somepony ready to kill.

Three combatants approached. A battle wizard. A stinger or archer with a crossbow mounted to his hoof. And mutated Changeling standing on its hind hooves with a curved sword and a small buckler. The one wielding the sword and shield charged him first, ready to slice into Dracula with a wide cut. Dracula side stepped and just by being near him he could feel the life energy just escape his body and being absorbed into his own. Dracula activated his magic and the black aura around the hilt of the blade began to envelop the rest of the blade and erupted in dark flames that crackled and spurted. Seeing an opening he diagonally cut along the Changeling’s chest and slashed right through its exoskeletal chest plate, with dark emerald blood exploding from the wound and clinging to the blade. The Changeling reeled and hissed in pain kneeling on the ground. Dracula then focused on the battle wizard who was readying for an attack.

Green energy erupted from the Changeling’s horn and a ray of green energy shot towards Dracula. Dracula summoned a large black shield and he felt the green energy absorbed into the shield and Dracula knew what he would do next. He stood on his hind hooves and moved his fore hooves inwards, letting the black energy form around his forehooves. He gathered the energy and shot it out at the battle wizard. The wizard sidestepped but it grazed over its shoulder and Dracula watched as the wound slowly began to erode and infect the arm of the Changeling. It groaned and howled in pain. With it distracted Dracula raised his hoof and erupting out of his hoof was a bolt of dark black lightning. It exploded on the Changeling wizard’s chest and the energy travelled through the Changeling’s body and what remained was a steaming corpse. Dracula turned over to the rushing changeling with combat claws and with lightning fast reflexes Dracula dodged each and every attack made by the Changeling. As he dodged the nether energy was slowly being absorbed into Dracula and he felt stronger.

Dracula remained in sequence and sent black colored energy into the injured Changeling and it shook itself back up. Nether energy slowly peeled off of it and its eyes glowed dark red and focused on the Changeling attacking Dracula. It charged the unsuspecting Changeling and stabbed it right in the back, making a large chunk as it pierced through armor and soft skin. Green erupted from the wound and the Changeling ripped the sword out of his comrades back. Dracula focused on the now insanity induced Changeling. Dracula’s eyes flashed bright red and he watched as screams of horror and pain erupted from its mouth. He watched as it fell to the ground and saw that the skin, meat and exoskeleton melted and rotted away on the top of its head. And Dracula could see that its brain was now totally dissolved. He then looked and saw a Changeling explode into shards of ice and green blood stain the pure white snow. Dracula then saw another being sliced into pieces from an obsidian spear. Dracula then saw that it was Wraith. Dracula then focused and charged at another changeling and began mercilessly hacking and slashing at the Changeling. While it parried, it could not last long under Dracula’s superior strength and martial skill.

Dracula knocked the Changeling’s weapon away and charged his horn. Swirling around it was dark black nether energy and a bolt of pure black energy erupted from his horn and a ray of dark black netherial energy shot out and impacted the Changeling’s chest and opened a large hole into the Changeling. Dracula saw as it rapidly decomposed. At the last second Dracula saw a large green fireball shoot towards him, in the blink of an eye he swiped his hoof while using his magic to materialise the netherial energy in the recent dead Changeling. The fireball was not powerful enough to break through the large black energy shield made in less than a second. The netherial force field absorbed the energy from the fireball and Dracula absorbed the energy shield, letting his powers continue to grow. Dracula stepped back and analyzed what had just happened. He killed roughly five Changelings out of the fifteen, Wraith had only just arrived and killed three Changelings. Dracula looked over and sliding down the side of the crater was Wraith along with a Changeling. They were tackling each other. Finally they were in the crater and Wraith shoved his spear deep into the Changeling, piercing through armor and body. Wraith was splattered with dark green blood and wiped his face with his hoof and rushed over next to Dracula and he said in between breaths, “Glad to see you’re still alive my prince.”

Dracula smiled and watched as the last eight Changelings charged around them. He said, “Me too. When I say now, jump in the air.”

“What?”

“Just do it.” Dracula exclaimed. They made a circle around them and were moving closer, and closer. Dracula tightened his gaze and lowered his body and he shouted, “NOW!”

Wraith jumped and Dracula jumped in the air in front of him and slammed his hooves on the ground. Erupting from his hooves was a concussive shock wave that shattered the earth around him. And black netherial energy was infused in with the rock and stone, the shock wave swallowed all eight of them and crushed them under the stone and earth. When the concussive shock wave slowly dissipated Dracula summoned his magic and absorbed all of the netherial energy from their bodies. He felt his strength increase and his senses heighten. he never felt power at this intensity, so much power encased him that it started to roll of of his coat and into the air. Dracula felt a maniacal laugh escape his lips and looked the giant Changeling as it roared in challenge. Dracula’s laugh increased in volume and the skies began to darken. He started hovering in the air and kept his gaze on the large Changeling, the energy around him turned from black to black and a scarlet red color. His eyes had red mist flowing out of them and they glowed.

He spoke up and shouted against the rising winds striking fear into the large Changeling, “You dare challenge me? You hope to kill me? Hahaha. What hope do you have against the real Lord of the Night. Be sure to tell Horrus that I said hello.”

His face tightened and the skies were now covered in black clouds and dark lightning erupted and exploded on the Changeling. The lightning struck hard and true disintegrating the hard shell, showing charred and burnt skin and bone underneath. Blood trickled down the large wounds and it further enraged the large beast. Netherial energy already started being absorbed into him. He could feel the amount of Changelings it took to reanimate such a large beast. He as well felt the giant’s strength begin to weaken. Dracula smiled cruelly. He charged head first towards the beast, readying Whiteash for an attack. As he charged through the sky the blade started to gather netherial and blood around it and once he got in range he sliced in a wide arc. Extending from the blade was a darker blade made of solidified darkness and shadows as well as Netherial energy. The blade sliced the giant in half and Dracula absorbed the full amount of netherial energy and his strength increased to a higher rate and his magic improved sevenfold. The pure amount of pure rushing through his veins was unimaginable, he never felt so alive. The amount of magic he felt flowing through his veins was stimulating. He lowered to the ground.

He stood on his hind legs and stared down at his hooves. He heard the voice of Wraith echo behind him, his ears reverberated the sound the volume at an intense level, he could hear the steady sound of his heart beat and the sweat running down his coat, “My Prince...Are you alright?”

Dark laughter escaped from his lips and his voice intensified. He began to sing in a voice that was deeper and more gruff,

“What is this feeling
Of power and drive
I've never known?
I feel alive!

Where does this feeling
Of power derive,
Making me know
Why I'm alive?

Like the night, it's a secret,
Sinister dark and unknown.
I do not know what I seek,
Yet I'll seek it alone!

I have a thirst
That I cannot deprive.
Never have I felt so alive!

There is no battle
I couldn't survive -
Feeling like this -
Feeling alive!

Like the moon, an enigma,
Lost and alone in the night
Damned by some heavenly stigma,
But blazing with light!

It's the feeling of being alive!
Filled with evil, but truly alive!
It's the truth that you cannot avoid!
It's the feeling of being
Lucius Void!”

As fast and as quick as lightning he dashed and gripped Wraith by the neck and began constricting. Wraith choked and felt his own dark magic keeping him alive leave him. He saw his leader before him stare at him with hunger in his eyes and in a maddening tone. His words sent waves of unimaginable dread through his system. He said in an unknown voice, “All is well…”

He smiled revealing sharp fangs like daggers. His mouth opened wide and he lowered him down and moved his head to align to his neck. Wraith knew it was all over until they both heard a soft but loud voice shout, “Silver! Stop!”

Lucius looked up and saw Twilight standing in horror at the sight before her. Dracula felt the power leave him. He dropped Wraith in the snow and his hooves began to shake he looked back at Twilight with the same horrified look on her face. She stepped closer and Dracula said hysterically, “NO!...Don’t come any closer...I…I’m…”

He looked back down at himself and he fell to his knees and he seemed even more horrified than Twilight. She slowly stepped next to him and she said lowering her tone and herself down. She rested her hooves softly on his shoulders and she said, “Shh...It’s okay Silver...it’s over…”

Dracula moved his head away and said shaking his head, “No. It’s not okay. Lucius has returned and I…”

His voice sounded so frightened and so shaken that he could barely finish sentences. Twilight pulled him in close and said softly, “It’s fine. Who is Lucius?”

After a few long minutes and a few deep breaths Dracula finally, somewhat, gathered his original demeanor and said in a calm tone, “Normal Vampires get special talents that are extremely magic based. Hearthfire and Blazer had a fire based talent, Sombra had a shadow based talent, and Wraith had necromantic talent. I received the worst of them all, I absorbed life energy to font my abilities inadvertently increasing my hunger for blood. When I use my talent the half of my mind that is connected to my father overtakes me and I become a monster, the embodiment of what it means to know true evil.

“This is Lucius Void. Lucius, is in every way my father but not. He was created by my father. This is the Dracula that ponies know. This is what they believe haunts their nightmares at night. But when I was connected to Luna my special talent was in check. But when she was banished, everything changed for me. In that thousand years I was overtaken by Lucius a couple times, letting the legend of Count Dracula begin to grow. When I was captured by the Brotherhood of Light, Lucius still partially remained and partially not. My mind was somewhat my own. We shared a body, him and I.

“After five hundred years of torture and experiments as I have already explained, a particular scientist caught my eye, and I in his. His name was Henry Pie. He was fascinated with the workings of good and evil. He wanted to make a serum that separated the good and evil, letting us control what to use. I worked up a plan to escape and encouraged the young doctor. He used the serum on himself first to test it to see if it even worked on ponies; let alone dead ones.

“It went horribly wrong. He became to beings like myself. Dr. Henry and Mr. Pie. I fought with Lucius for control for my body and held him in the back of my mind. But Henry eventually found me and injected the serum into me. He said that I was to suffer as he did, to be both a pony and a monster. That was the last that anypony saw of Henry.

“Lucius escaped and allowed me to escape. We murdered all of them, except Alric Belmont as you know. I infused my own blood into his system making him into a half vampire, half pony. A Dhampyr. In the next five hundred years I learned to control Lucius and the dark powers he wields. I had only spoke to you in half truths because of the emotion that it brought. I felt that Lucius was gone for good. But it appears that he still resides deep inside me, even becoming what I am now.”

He slumped and Twilight took in the amount of information. She pulled Dracula into a hug and she said, “You should have told me the entire story. Having you repeat what you say with more information added in seems so unlike you. I’m with you until the very end, and you know this. No secrets from now on, okay?”

Twilight looked down and Dracula stood back up. Revealing his true height, he looked down and gave a sheepish smile and said, “Alright. I think I can control him now. I let the heat of the moment take me over. Now I have two beings wanting me dead. My father and my shadow.”