Two unicorns, a mare and a stallion, stood rigidly on the top of a hill. It was nighttime and the the moon had just risen into the sky. The stallion had dark gray fur and a light gray mane that spiked up down his neck. His eyes were tan. The mare was white with black spots and a black mane that curled over slightly. Her eyes were silver blue. The two ponies just barely cast shadows in the dim moonlight as they gazed down over the quiet Ponyville below.
"She's not here Thunder." The unicorn mare spoke.
"Oh she'll be here Cloud…" Thunder replied with a slight growl as he squinted down at the town. "She'll be here… "
Cloud sighed, annoyed. She dropped down and sat, losing her focus on the horizon. After a few minutes, Thunder followed her, wondering if the pony they were waiting for would ever get there.
Neither Thunder nor Cloud noticed the pony flying close above them. The pony black as night, wearing a crimson dress…
Princess Twilight Sparkle was worried. Very worried. So were her friends, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Spike. Twilight paced around the hospital waiting room. She walked to one wall, her hooves clopping against the ground and she immediately turned and walked the other way.
"Twilight! Stop pacing, you're making me nervous!" Applejack finally exclaimed. She had had enough. The situation was bad enough and they didn't need Twilight getting all flustered.
Twilight stopped in the middle of the room, her eyes wide. Her wings flew out. "Rarity is in the hospital! How can you be so calm?"
"Don't get me wrong Twilight, I'm really worried about Rarity and I intend to find out who- or what- did this to her. But pacing isn't gonna solve anything!" Applejack said.
Twilight sighed, walking over to the chairs all her friends were sitting in. "You're right Applejack. We all just need to stay calm about this…" The princess sat down to wait. "Stay calm…" She repeated.
Rainbow Dash flew up from her seat and landed in front of Twilight. "The only problem now is Spike." she murmured. "Just look at him!"
Spike sat in a chair on the other side of the room. He was hugging his legs and rocking back and forth, muttering to himself, "Rarity is fine." or "Everything is going to be okay."
The six friends sat in silence, waiting, hoping. Finally, after what seemed like forever, a nurse popped her head out of the door.
"Princess? And… friends? You can come see Rarity now." The nurse said softly.
Spike immediately got up from his seat and raced over to the door. "How is she?"
The nurse sighed. "She's awake, but she suffered some blood loss. It's almost like something sucked it out of her! But there's one other thing the doctor needs to tell you about when you get there… Please follow me."
The nurse hurried briskly down the hall, and Twilight and her friends followed her. Soon they arrived at a room, room 112, and they went inside.
Twilight was the first to walk through the door, and when she saw Rarity, she gasped. Rarity was pale. So pale, she didn't even look white anymore. She looked gray, like all of her color had been drained away. Her usually bright blue eyes had a glaze over them. Only her mane retained its purple shade. Then, Twilight's eyes fell upon the two deep puncture wounds on Rarity's neck- almost like she had been bitten…
Back on the hill over Ponyville, Thunder and Cloud were still waiting. They were both silent, but every once in a while one of them would let out a breath of exasperation.
Then, ever so quietly, the pony hovering over them lowered down to the ground behind the two unicorns. She smirked, her red and gold eyes flickering with mischief.
"It's not like her to be late…" Thunder sighed, finally breaking the silence.
"Whoever said I was late?" For the two ponies, the voice seemed to have come out of nowhere. "According to that moon, I'm right on time. You were just early…"
Cloud was the first to turn around. "Ah! For Zap's sake Peril, don't do that!"
Peril ignored Cloud and folded her bat wings neatly on her back. She waltzed over to Thunder.
"What, are you wearing…?" Thunder growled slightly, his eyes going up and down the vampire pony. She was wearing a crimson dress with a spider web draped over the back. The ruby attached to her collar shone in the moonlight.
"Just a little something I picked up." Peril hissed.
Thunder stepped a little farther away from Peril, back towards Cloud."Look Peril, we didn't come here for a chat. We came here for business…"
Hello everyone! Exams are still underway, but I've pretty much wrapped up my studying. I'll be updating much more during the summer, so yeah. And another note- Peril was created by one of my friends, but I've developed her a little bit on my own. My friend doesn't have a FanFiction account. So anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter!