Chapter 7: something Batty about this...

[With Rainbow, Rage and Daring Do]

The three had wandered through traps and rooms galore but finally they found the inner chamber. Inside was a bunch of the creatures Maud described.

"Dark Spawns... and their master Xacos" Rage whispers looking at them "They pop up everywhere..."

"you guys create a diversion I will get the Manticore Statue/" Daring says. Rage and Rainbow then fly out to cause a large brawl as Daring Doo sneaks around and grabs the statue from the ground.

Once all the Dark Spawns vanished Xacos stepped forward "You intruding brats! You don't know who you're dealing with!"

"That goes both ways Xacos!" Rage chuckles

"How did you? Wait a second..." Xacos focuses on Rage before he scurries away in fear "Not you again!"

"Okay what did you do?" Daring asks Rage

"Nothing... once he figured it was me he left." Rage chuckles "We've had our issues in the past and well he's scared when I get involved since the last time I sent him to the Time Void he got horrible PTSD." Rage explained when they where back on the Rock Farm. Not too far away was Applejack running as fast as she could. The three met half way while Daring went her own path.

"Applejack did you run all the way from the Crystal Empire?" Rainbow Dash asks. Apple jack nods catching her breath

"Guys its horrible! Fluttershy... she-" Applejack froze like she didn't want to say anything before Rainbow bucked it out of her... literally "She's gone back to Flutterbat!"

"No problem we just do what we did last time." Rainbow says as Twilight drops from the sky.

"If we did that then how is she still like this?" Twilight asks

"Twilight you used a spell to cause her to lose the Apple Craving correct?" Rage asks and Twilight nods "Then that maybe the issue, you took the Apple Craving part away but if my work with conjuration has taught me anything then unless you are 100% specific then something will go wrong with magic. In this case she kept the Vampire part but lost the fruit part..." Rage says

"then what is she after?" Rainbow Dash asks

"Blood!" Applejack says

"We need to hurry back to the Crystal Empire!" Twilight says

"But that's so far away we will never make it in time to help Rarity, Pinky Pie Cadence and your Brother Twilight!" Applejack says

"I can use Chaos Control to get us there in time." Rage suggests,

"What other option do we have?" Rainbow asks after a long silence. Rage takes that as an okay and warps the four to the Crystal Empire where Cadence and Shining Armor were."

"Has anypony seen Fluttershy?" Applejack asks

"She went out into the town what has gotten into her?" Cadence asks

"Long Story." Twilight says "But we need to catch her NOW!"

"This is troubling..." Rage says rubbing his head

"What is Rage?" Rainbow Dash asks

"I can't detect Fluttershy's presence anymore... I can always detect her presence." Rage responds

"Has anyone seen Glimpse?" Twilight asks

"No we haven't seen him since we arrived." Rarity says "Now what's going on with Fluttershy why is she acting this way?

"Twilight's spell wasn't specific enough... she only took the Apple Cravings out." Applejack says and Twilight smiles innocently.

"So what do we do?" Spike asks "Can we cure it like last time but more... specific?"

" I hope..." Twilight says

"Either way we need to find her first." Rage adds in

"oh... right where should we look?" Twilight asks

"Well the vampires I have met tend to go for advanced bloods like magic, dark and light infused bloods... I am going to take a shot in the dark and say she is either still in the castle or not far." Rage says

"Okay but how can we get her she's much to fast and she know when we are coming before we get close. She has advanced hearing and reflexes." Applejack points out

"I have advance speed in the air and advance hearing but not as good as hers." Rage says. Soon a hissing was heard as Fluttershy flew down at the group who all ducked down as she swung around for another pass while the rest got back up.

"Hit the deck!" Lunar Relic yells as they collapse again this time Fluttershy grabbing Spike who was a tad slower.

"SPIKE!" Twilight yells shooting a beam of magic at Fluttershy knocking spike out of her hooves while Rainbow Dash flies to catch him and Rage takes to the air himself to try the same but Rainbow beat him to it. Fluttershy hisses at Twilight and dives for her at a high-speed. She lands in front of Twilight who shoots another magic beam at her. This time Fluttershy deflects it with her wing.

"Oh don't tell me Bat wings deflect Magic!" Applejack panics as do the rest, if Fluttershy figured that out the had no chance on getting her down long enough for Twilight to fix it.

Fluttershy closes in on the group before a rock hit her in the head, "Who did that?" she hisses

"Hay big peach and pink I think the Lemonade Factory is back that way." Rage says holding another stone in his hand. Rainbow chuckled at Rage's insult a little trying not to be real loud.

"You..." she sniffs "Smell...tasty" she leaps for Rage who swiftly turns the tables and bucks her into the wall. She crashes into the ground and slowly begins to stand up before restrained by Lunar Relic's Magic

"Now Twilight before I lose the energy to hold her!" he yells at the purple Alicorn who nods her head. Twilight forms a spark of magic that glows dimly at first but over time it grows and brightens before she dispels it and Fluttershy who had just gotten free collapses and her hair returns to normal and she passes out.

"Lets get her in a bed she looks like she needs some beauty sleep!" Rarity says looking at her as both Applejack and Twilight hoist her on their backs. Rage takes off ahead to get the doors. They lay Fluttershy down.

"You guys go get some sleep." Rage says as the other two turn to leave

"What about you Rage, you need your sleep to." Applejack says

"Applejack is right Rage you really should get some yourself." Twilight agrees with Applejack's earlier statement

"I am going to stay here to keep and eye on Fluttershy to make sure she is okay, I was a little rough with her when I threw the rock and bucked the way I did... normally it would break bones when I buck that hard." Rage comments "So If I fall asleep I fall asleep" the other two wish him a good night and soon enough Rage walks to the small couch in the room and falls asleep himself.

The next morning Rage wakes up just as Celestia was raising the Sun. he looks to see the normal Fluttershy he and his friends loved so much sound asleep. Rage slowly stretches and walks to Fluttershy's bedside as she began to wake up herself. Slowly she opens her eyes "uhnn... where am I?" she squeaks quietly as she sits up. "Ow!" she yelped in pain rubbing her back.

"Fluttershy are you okay?" Rage asks her

"A little hurt but I'll be fine don't worry about it Rage. How did I get here in this bed?" she asks

"You kinda turned back into a Vampony" Rage says rubbing the back of his head with his front left hoof.

Fluttershy's expression goes from neutral to a frightened like she had come face to face with a horror movie monster. "Did I hurt anypony?" she asks very, very softly

"fortunately no, with the help of our friends we cured you before you could do any harm and sorry about the pain... I kinda had to throw a rock at you and buck you so we could cure you." Rage says nervously

"It's alright Rage... as long as everypony else is okay." Fluttershy says

Soon the rest of the gang walk in "So hows Fluttershy?" Twilight asks as the rest sit by her bedside with Rage

"I'm great thanks for asking. Rage just filled me in and for sure 100% I did not hurt anypony." Flutteshy asks trying to make sure when all the ponies shake their heads she sighs in relief.

"Say Rage did you keep an eye on her all night?" Pinky asks

"Well part of it I kinda fell asleep half way through..." Rage chuckles along with the rest joining

To be continued