The creature at the door wasn't giving up. It dug at it with it's bone white hooves, shreds of wood falling away. The mansion had been sealed from the outside in by the surrounding citizens as soon as they realized what was lurking in their city. Some of the city's most powerful unicorns had erected the strongest  shield spell they could muster and combined it. A few of them had lured the creature inside, (with Blueblood's permission of course) and stayed inside to help defend the royal nephew. It stayed to the outer halls at first but at sun up, it moved inward.

"Must be why it's trying to get through now." one of the guards thought to himself. The prince had been actively helping to fight the...vampire, for lack of a better term, since the first day. However, he had retreated into the interior when he had mysteriously become injured the previous night when he fought the creature himself. He hadn't been seen since. Suddenly there was silence. A light sniffling could be heard from the otherside of the door, then retreating hooves. Another set of hoofsteps came up from behind him. He turned to see Blueblood placing a hoof  on his shoulder.

"You have done well, my servant. I'll take the watch from here. However, there is one more task you can aide me in." the  prince said, taking a step back.

"Of course sir, what can I do for you?"

"I.........hunger........"

"Oh. I'm sure I can get you a sandwich or somethi-............" The guard never got to finish as the beast that was Blueblood bit into his throat and began lapping up the blood that spilled out. The surprised pony only let out a final gurgle as he collapsed.

"For.......you............."

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"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"How about now?"

"No.."

".....Now?"

Andy sighed. He had become the unofficial navigator for the group. This of course lead to Derpy asking the same question every five minutes. For the past four hours. He was trying to be patient but, it was getting old. Fast.

"Listen Derpy, it's getting late. I know we elected to go on through the night, but I'm not familiar with the land, and it could be very easy to get off course in the dark. I'm going to set us down and tie the balloon off for the night. Why don't you try and get some shut-eye, okay" the griffon suggested. He got no response. He looked over his shoulder and saw why. Twilight had dozed off with her head propped up on the edge. Anthony had recovered and was out, leaned up in a corner with the bubble-flanked mare slumped over on his shoulder, snoring softly. He put in down and staked the balloon down with some tent stakes. He took a couple of blankets and some rope. He spread one over the top of the basket and took the other to a nearby tree. Tying the rope to some branches, he hung the blanket from it, effectively making a hammock.

"Gonna be a hell of a lot more comfortable than sleeping on the ground in that basket with those three. A lot quieter too, I can hear them snoring from here." He grumbled, pulling the blanket up around him.

"SNOOOOOOOOORK"

"SNOOOOOOOOORK"

*PHHHHHBBBBBBBTTT*

"Dammit Twilight!"

Andy was suddenly very glad for his hammock.

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I was back home. It was early in the night and I was sitting on my back porch in a deck chair enjoying a cup of coffee. I had a small, well worn radio nearby playing some random song. Hmm, never heard that before, sounds good though. I leaned back and drank my coffee. It felt good to see the old place again, just like I'd left it. Finishing my drink, I got up to get some more and found myself pouring two cups.

"Is that for me?" Luna asked, suddenly appearing in a deck chair of her own.

"Of course. I was wondering when you would get here." I replied, handing her the second cup. She tilted her head, surprised.

"You're not surprised." she stated flatly.

"Not really. You are the ruler of the night, and this is obviously a dream, so why not?" I answered with a shrug. I realized it was a dream when I noticed my hands. Clear giveaway. She floated the coffee to her mouth and took a sip, instantly making a face. I couldn't help but laugh. "I always did make it a little on the strong side." I sat back on my chair, turning to face my guest. "I take it you didn't come here to enjoy the night sky from my home." She sat the steaming mug on the railing and sat up to speak.

"Indeed not. Though, I might ask for a tour sometime, this place is pretty nice. It almost reminds me of Sweet Apple Acres, if only a bit smaller. The reason I am in your dream tonight is that my sister and I have some more information on what's going on in Bel Mare. It seems our initial information was faulty, there is no chaos shard in the city, but there is the matter of our adopted nephew. There was an accident at one of his warehouses and a monster was unleashed."

"A monster? What sort of monster?" I asked. These ponies dealt with hydras, ursas (ursai?),  and wolves made of wood. What would they be afraid of? The princess looked up to the moon.

"A creature of legend. One who thrives in darkness, and lives off the life-blood of others."

"A lawyer?" I offered. The gaze she leveled at me would have curdled milk.

"We appreciate thy attempt at a jest, but 'tis not the time." she cleared her throat before continuing. "This is a serious matter. They have let loose a vampire. One that had been sealed since before my imprisonment on the moon."

"A vampire? Seriously? You have those here? They, uh, don't sparkle do they?" I asked. I was curious as to what flavor of vamp this was; nosferatu, Bella Lugosi, or one of those, ehm, modern types. She shook her head.

"The one that was freed is little more than a feral beast. You know of these things?" she inquired.

"I do actually, though, back home, they were little more than myth. You might find the occasional psycho who drank or even bathed in blood, but no actual vampire."  I told her. I was pretty well versed on how to dispatch one. (I sit on a throne  made of lesser nerds!)

"Then you can guess what needs to be done?"

"I can, princess. I'll tell the others in the morning. Anything else?" she walked over and got extremely close.

"Just one thing, my knight...." she said with a coy smile, nearly nose to nose with me. She spread her wings and wrapped them around behind me. Oh, shit! I wasn't expecting this! Suddenly, her wings started fluttering.

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Twilight Sparkle stared at the unicorn thrashing around in his sleep. He had a grin on his face and kept giggling. Once in a while, you could hear him mutter. She looked at her other basket buddy.

"Okay Derpy, I think that's enough. We need something stronger than you tickling him with your wings. Ohhh, bring me that bucket of water over there." she said. They grey mare complied. Or rather tried to. On her way back, she tripped, spilling the water on herself and landing on me. My eyes creaked open just in time to see a wall of wet, grey mare headed in my direction. I closed them again. It was too early for this. Derpy got off of my bruised form and shook herself dry like a dog does. I sat up and cracked my neck. The sun was barely above the horizon. Breakfast time.

"Who's hungry?" I asked. The two mares stood at attention. "Good. Twilight, get a fire started. Derpy, we'll need some more water. Andy, you can... Andy? Andy! Ladies?"

"He went hunting in the forest. He'll be gone for a while." Twilight said from behind an impressive pile of firewood. Girl's fast. I went on to get the ingredients out of the supply box. I opened it and pulled out a smaller box. It was pink and marked with three balloons. Twilight noticed and walked over, eying the box carefully.  "It's from Pinkie. You might want to be careful when you open it. Anything could be in there. What were you going to make anyway?"

"Pancakes. Oh, man. If it's me in there again, I'm gonna be pissed." I noticed a crank on one side. A note read "Turn me." I did. A familiar tune played. Right on cue, at the "pop", something did spring out. A table, fully laid out for a grand feast..... of pancakes! Pancakes, fried eggs, juice, coffee it had everything. "Now, how in the heck did she do that?"

"Just Pinkie being Pinkie." Derpy said from above. The three of us sat down and began to dig in. "Should we wait for Andy?" she asked. I shook my head.

"Nah, but we will save him a plate. I have a feeling Pinkie Pie would strangle us if we didn't." I said. I ended up making a sandwich out of flapjacks and eggs with a little syrup added. It was glorious! I finished mine quickly and sat there enjoying my coffee and orange juice. If I didn't know better, this was the same coffee from my dream with Luna. Speaking of... "I should probably wait on Andy to get back, but, Luna was in my dream last night." Twilight put her fork down and looked at me.

"Are you sure it was her and not just a dream of her?" Shea asked. Fair question. I hadn't considered that.

"I'm fairly certain it was her. We sat on my back porch and she told me some more information about what's in Bel Mare. She informed me that it does not have a chaos shard, but a vampire." I said, non-nonchalantly sipping my coffee.

"WHAT!?" Both mares exclaimed. Derpy fell over and Twilight just sat there slack-jawed. "A VAMPIRE? She wouldn't send us out against one of those! It's suicide!" Twilight exclaimed. Derpy coughed and agreed with her.

"What's suicide?" Andy came out of the woods, looking like the cat that ate the canary. I pointed him to his plate. I waited until he sat down.

"The vampire we have to go kill." I answered. Regardless of whatever creature he had just eaten he was already halfway through with his portion. He stopped chewing and stared at me.

"It don't sparkle does it?" he asked around a beak-full of food. I shook my head and mouthed nosferatu. He went back to eating. "Good." He finished his last bite and proceeded to wash up the dishes. While he did that I went and got the map out. Derpy and Twilight followed me to see where we were.

"it looks like we're not that far from their airfield. We should get there in about an hour or two at the most. We should probably put down there. Blueblood's residence is most likely close to the inner part of the city. We should go see him first, before we do anything." I said to my companions. Twilight agreed.

"All done here!" Andy called out.

"Everything packed away? Then let's go." We piled into the Meowth balloon and floated away. I decided to load Frostbite, to show off I had a feeling I might need it. Now that I had it out in good daylight, it looked very familiar. "No wonder it knocked me on my ass." I mumbled to myself.

"What?"

"Andy, does this gun not look familiar to you? Did you look at it before you gave it to me?"

"No and no. Why?"

"It's a .357 magnum. Commonly known as a...."

"Python."

"Right, and most recently used by..."

"....Son of a bitch. Officer Friendly."

"Yep. Rick Grimes." The two mares just stared in silence, completely lost. Twilight leaned over to Derpy.

"Did you follow any of that?"

"Nope."

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An hour and a half later we sat down at Downs Airfield. After taking care of the fees, we moved into the city itself.

"Lousy money-grubbing s.o.bs. I just know they charged us double." I grumbled. Twenty bits! Given the condition of the place, five would have been pushing it. I also noted the lack of guards and pointed to this out to the rest of the group. Twilight looked around and noticed a clerk sitting on a bench eating an ice-cream cone. She trotted over.

"Excuse me, sir. Where are the guards? This place should have six or seven at least." she asked. The stallion looked at her and took another bite of his treat.

"All the available guards are at Blueblood's mansion. There was a creature of some sort running amok in the streets and they managed to trap it in there. The guards have set up a perimeter around it in case it gets out. Sadly, the prince hasn't been heard from since yesterday morning." he said. He swallowed the last of his ice -cream and stood up. "Now if you'll excuse me, my break is over and I need to get back to work." Twilight came back and told us what she had learned.

"Well, which way is it?" Derpy asked. The purple unicorn's eyes widened.

"I forgot to ask. What about the map?" She asked, lifting out of the pack I'd stuck it in. She scanned over it a few times, growing more frustrated each time. "NO, NO, NO, NO! It's not on here. It'll take forever to find it." Andy tapped her shoulder.

"Uh, Twi?"

"I know it's in the middle of the city, but how far?"

"Twi?"

"Where'd the clerk go? I'll ask him."

"TWILIGHT SPARKLE!" The unicorn jumped and looked at the grey griffon. He simply pointed straight ahead to a sign. She turned back to us with a sheepish grin on her face.

DIY TOUR OF HISTORIC BEL MARE STARTS HERE!

                       Follow the plaques and enjoy an educational stroll

                       through our fair city ending with a guided tour of the royal mansion.

                                   (refreshments to be provided)

"FREE FOOD!" Andy, Derpy, and I shouted at the same time. Twilight just looked at the three of us like we were crazy. That pony ain't far off.

"We just ate! You three can't possibly be hungry!" She exclaimed. I snorted.

"My dear Ms. Sparkle, where free grub is concerned, I'm always hungry." I told her. Derpy, and Andy dittoed my statement. She sighed in defeat.

"......fine."

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A couple hours passed and I was sitting in my house and we arrived at the mansion. Frankly, now that I thought about it, I remembered seeing the roof from the airfield. I shook my head and saw what lay before us. Or rather, lack thereof. Not a soul was to be seen. There was a line that appeared to have been burned into the ground, lots of hoofprints, sandbags, boxes of supplies and weapons, but no guards. I pulled Derpy in close.

"Could you do a quick fly around just to check the other sides of the house?" I asked her. The three of us on the ground spread out and started searching. I moved into a nearby tent, gun drawn. "Anyone alive in there?" I called out. No answer. I opened the flap and regretted it. The smell was overwhelming. Bodies of ponies were piled on top of each other in a heap. i dashed out of there and vomited behind the tent. Andy and Twilight must have heard the noise and came over to see what happened. Andy put a claw on my back.

"You alright?" I shook my head "no". Twilight went to open the tent ,and I yanked her away with my magic.

"Don't. Just don't. Trust me on this."

"What's in there?" she asked. I coughed.

"The guards. What's left of them anyway. I need to check on something in there. I need to see if they were fed on or if they were just killed. Judging by the conspicuous lack of blood out here, I fear it might be the latter." I said, getting up and opening the flap once more. Andy sat me down with a shove.

"Just sit there for a second, I'll check." he said and walked in, the flap closing behind him. Twilight looked at me with a odd expression.

"Fed on?" I cleared my throat and brought over a canteen. Taking a sip of water, I explained.

"That's too many dead bodies for a single vampire. With all those guards, there must be at least two or three. A hungry two or three." The purple pony looked around nervously. "Don't worry, we're fairly safe for the moment. While sunlight doesn't kill them it does weaken them drastically. They wouldn't risk it." i said just as Andy and Derpy came back. The grey mare looked nervous. "Derpy, what is it?" I asked.

"I saw something. I think I saw movement in one of the southeast windows when I flew around there." she said. I nodded. It made sense. It was early afternoon and the sun was slightly to the west, so it would be marginally darker on that side. "That's not all. I also saw three dead guards over there. When I flew lower to get a closer look, I saw large puncture wounds on their necks." she added. I patted her back to reassure her. I accidentally brushed a wing and they sprung open like a switchblade. She blushed and glared at me and I just back away slowly. Seriously, it was an accident!

"Ahem. Thank-you Derpy. We know now that at least three have been fed on, and a possible location on one." I said still keeping my distance. Andy and Twilight fell over laughing. They must know something I don't. Andy tried to speak.

"May-Make it ten. Those in the tent were fed on as well." He said, pulling himself together. It was around two in the afternoon, and I wanted to get this over soon.

"Listen we need to hurry. While it's still light out here we need to go in there and end this. We have to assume Blueblood is one of them. That means we have two to deal with. I hate to, but we need to split up with Andy and Twilight going after the prince and Derpy and I going after the original. If at all possible don't kill Blueblood. If we can kill the original first, he should revert back to normal within a few minutes." I told the group. Andy picked up his sword and gave the shield to Twilight, which she held in her magic grip. I made sure Frostbite's cylinder was full.

"I know what to do in case you can't." he said with a twirl of the blade. "I'll take the east end, you take the west." He strode up to the front door and knocked. The other three of us facehoofed and groaned. "What?" he said, "I was just being polite." We entered and went our separate ways.

"We need to be out of here by nightfall. That's when the vampire's true power comes out." I said before we walked away.

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The doors to the western wing slammed shut and darkness fell over us. I lit my horn so that Derpy and I could see. We had secured the main hall and decided to flush them there in order to fight them on our terms. It was cavernous and relatively free of obstacles except for a few tables and seats. We made our way from room to room, Derpy "oohing" and "aaahing" at some of the paintings and sculptures displayed. Some were pretty impressive. I especially liked the pony Venus de Milo.

"Where do you suppose he got the money for all of this?" Derpy asked as we got ready to enter Blueblood's library. I looked back at my companion.

"Focus, Derpy. There are only a few rooms left on this side. The 'thing' is bound to be in one of them. Now, listen. He, or she or whatever has most likely heard us coming and is waiting on us. Now, you do know how to kill a vampire, right?" She shook her head. I picked up a chair and smashed it, taking a leg that had splintered into a sharp point. I gave it to the confused mare. "Where is a pony's heart located?" I asked her. She touched her hoof to the corresponding spot on my chest,  just under Luna's mark. "Take that and jab it right there. As hard as you can." A thud came from the other side of the doors, making us both jump. "I think it's time we introduced ourselves."

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"This first door looks like a bathroom." Twilight said, looking the wooden frame up and down. She had the shield slung across her back, while Andy looked skeptical. On it hung a figure of Celestia's silhouette against the rising sun.

"You can tell just by looking at the door?" he asked. Twilight shook her head.

"No. I think someone should've cracked a window or something. You really can't smell that?" She asked, holding her nose with her hoof. She eased the door open and quickly slammed it shut again, wedging the shield against it. Andy readied the sword.

"What is it?"

"Found him."

"So why did you shut him in?" The spooked Sparkle pointed to the figure on the door.

"You see that? This bathroom is themed around my teacher. Vampires can't stand the sight of her or her image." She sat down and let out a sigh of relief. "That bathroom has one on each wall. He's not going anywhere any time soon."

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I bucked the door open and flared the light on my horn to light up the room as we stormed in. It had been wrecked. End tables, chairs and books were destroyed and scattered everywhere. It looked like the vampire had made a nest of some kind, or was trying to. It's pale face peeked over the edge of a overturned table and let out a screech that made me loose the horn light spell, plunging us into darkness. I didn't realize it had that much power. I turned to Derpy.

"RUN!"

The doors slammed shut before we took the first step. Fire wasn't my specialty, but I quickly lit a broken chair off to the side. It was just in time to see two white hooves connect with my side and send me flying. The gun dropped to the ground as I landed against the wall and fell behind a bookcase. I felt a sharp pain in one of my legs and looked to see it bury its teeth in my flesh. I grabbed the creature in my telekinesis and held him at the ceiling. He screeched again and made me drop him. After my head cleared from the ringing the last thing I recall is a large book closing in fast.

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I came to in darkness, a void of some kind. I couldn't see anyone or hear anything.

"Hello? Derpy? AndyTwilightMr.Vampire anybody?" I think I said. I couldn't even hear my own voice. I don't know how long I was there. It could've been minutes or hours for all I know.

"....Why her first?" A voice that seemed to come from all around me asked. I yelped in surprise and looked around. Not sure what I expected to see, in this darkness. Man, I'm a genius.

"Nah, not really. Especially compared to that purple one." it said.

"Who are you? Where are you? What are you? What's going on? Where am I? What is this? How-ZIIIIIIP!" I was cut short as a zipper replaced my mouth in a flash of light. I felt a presence close in from behind and was gripped in a magic I hadn't felt before. It was cold, but it burned at the same time. The magic turned me around to face.....a pair of green eyes surrounded by blue smokey-stuff about an inch from my nose. I struggled against the hold but, it didn't do any good.

"MMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGPPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHH!"

"Ha! Easy there, young one. I mean you no harm. In fact, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here talking now. As to your questions; A remnant of the Nightmare, your subconscious, a portion of Luna' power, you're unconscious and your friend is running out of room to get away from the vampire, see answer two. There, I believe that covers it. Now let's discuss WHY I'M here shall we?" The smokiness asked. The zipper disappeared and my mouth was back.

"What is the Nightmare and yes, why are you here?"  As I asked, the smokey-cloud coalesced into the vague form of a pony. It looked around.

"You know, I did say this is your subconscious, your mind. You could spruce the place up a bit." Smokey said.

"Smokey!? Thou are most certainly not going to call me that! I won't allow-ow-ow...WHOOPS!" He yelped as a room appeared from my imagination.

"AND I AM MOST CERTAINLY NOT A HE!" She roared. I sat down at a chair "human-style" as Lyra called it, with my front hooves together on the table.

"Then stop reading my thoughts."

"Deal! What is this place? It looks sorta high-tech. Oh, and Smokey will do." she said. The "place" was the observation lounge from the U.S.S. Enterprise NC1701-D. My favorite one. I even had stars sailing past the windows. She trotted over and sat to my right.

"Okay. The Nightmare was more or less a creature from the realm of dreams that fed on Luna's jealousy and sadness. It caused her to try and bring eternal night to Equestria. To prevent this, Celestia used the Elements of Harmony and sealed Luna in the moon for eternity. However, after a thousand years, certain conditions came together that allowed her to escape. Six mares the found the Elements and used them once again to defeat Nightmare moon. The creature was cast out of her and destroyed. Mostly anyway. A small shred of the creature remained. Luna soon discovered me and locked me away, using my power to augment her own. When she made you her knight, I saw the opportunity and escaped. You already saw a sample of my power." She walking over to the windows.

"What sample?" I asked.

"The first time you fired Frostbite the big ice spike-thing. I actually took control for a split second when you shot. That's  also kinda why you lost balance." She told me as she came back. I turned my chair to face her. "That was only a small display." My eyes widened.

"So what do you want from me?" I asked her politely. I didn't want to piss her off.

"Permission."

"Permission?"

"I can only use my full power with permission. That and to be let out every now and again. In return, I'll amplify your power and you'll have access to my memories and knowledge. Win-win." She added with a smile showing some unnaturally pointy teeth for a pony.

"Things that sound to good to be true usually are. I know there's a catch, now spill it or it's out the airlock with you." I said flatly. This whole thing smelled fishy. I was in my current form thanks to another deal I'd made not so long ago. See, I learn, I'm smrat! She sighed and hung her head.

"Alright. It will change your appearance. Your left eye will look like mine. You'll still see normally, but it'll look different. That, and your cutie mark will be replaced with an image of the 'Mare in the Moon.' Oh, and your mane will turn white." I smirked, the I started laughing out right. "What is so funny?"

"I haven't got a cutie mark! BWA-HA-HAHAHA! If that's all then, deal!" I said around my fit of giggles. I reached my hoof out. "Shake on it." She cocked her head to one side, and accepted.

"It is done."

"Now, Let's save Derpy!"

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"Heeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllp meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Anthony! Wake up! Yipe!" She did a barrel roll to dodge the creatures attacks and landed in the rafters, safe for the moment. The monster saw that it couldn't reach her and went for the next easiest target, eager to feed. "NO! Leave him alone, you creep!" It just ignored her. Why bother with that one? He was hungry. He leaned in to Anthony's neck.

"AAAAANNNNNTHHHHOOONNNYYYY!"

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"You think we should see if they need help?" Twilight asked. She was leaning against the wall opposite the bathroom they had found Blueblood in. Andy was slumped against the door dozing. He stirred and looked at the mare.

"Naw. If him and that other one need help, they'll let us know." A deep rumble shook the hall.

"You feel something?"

"Nope."

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A deep boom reverberated through the library, making the abomination hesitate. The pony from earlier had changed. It was still blue but the mane was now a billowing, shimmering white and his flank now had a mark resembling the mare in the moon. Slowly, the unicorn stood up. His prey's green eyes snapped open.

"Think long and hard about that bite sweetie, it'll be your last." That didn't sound like he did before. He decided to back away and assess the change. Well, he tried to anyway. The last nosferatu in Equestria found himself frozen to the floor. He screeched, trying to run away. The only thing that accomplished was making Derpy lose her balance and fall to the floor.

"Tsk tsk tsk. You must do more than that. No? I guess this will be over sooner than I thought." It said and turned to the fallen mare, its voice changing again, going back to what it was before.

"Derpy, it's me. I'll explain later, but you need to leave. Now! Go! Get to the others and stay there! I'll be along soon." He said. The mare nodded, bewildered and took off through the door leaving a pegasus shaped hole. He then walked to the far end of the room. The next time he spoke it sounded like the new voice.

"Creature, I know not what manner of evil brought you into being, but you end now. You probably were a good stallion once, and I give you one last chance to repent for your wickedness."

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"You have nothing to say? So be it." A large bubble formed around the vampire as the ice melted away. "May The Faust have mercy on your soul, I surely won't. Ashes to ashes, beast." A stomp of his hoof filled the bubble with white hot flames, scorching all they touched. Within moments, nothing remained but a small scattering of ash. Anthony grabbed this is his magic and sent it through the window, scattering it into the wind. "Dust to dust."

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"Whoa."  I spun around to see the source of the sound. Andy had his head poked through the hole in the door Derpy had made. Of course it was the rear-end side. I wobbled a bit waving him in. He caught me before I hit the floor. "What happened?" he asked.

"I must've used more power than I realized. You did. Believe it or not, that was all yours. Every last bit to be precise. You're running on mine now. Don't worry too much, it'll recharge after a while." I said. Poor Andy nearly dropped me.

"What in the hell? Derpy said you were acting weird, but answering yourself like that? That's strange even for you." He said as we got out the door and down the hall, me still leaning on him. I waited until we got the Prince taken care of. Turns out, we were right about the head vampire thing. He reverted back to normal but, was currently unconscious.We were sitting in his private study when I decided to explain.

"Guys, I'd like you to meet The Nightmare."