Midnight Comet was enjoying the night breeze that swept through Canterlot. He felt the cool air rush pass his horn, and pass through his yellow mane and tail. He saw that his cream coat seemed to glow in the moonlight, and he wondered what his red eyes would look like as well. It was an odd feeling, but Comet was usually too busy to notice the small things in life. Especially after Sombra’s second return. He was busy for weeks… No, he didn’t get many nights off, so he didn’t want to waste it by thinking about work. 

“Wow, tonight seems so peaceful! I hope it stays-” he started, only to be interrupted by a scream.

It was a loud shrill scream, probably from a mare. He was still surprised that some stallions could scream that loud, but that was beside the point! Somepony needed help! He only hoped he could reach them in time…

Midnight Comet sighed, he really wanted a night off. But, duty calls. He stepped off the balcony of his two story apartment and headed toward his bedroom. He grabbed his saddle bags, his trench coat and his old, dusty Fedora. He now was ready to go to work.

As he walked out of his apartment, he saw a group of ponies begin to form. 

“[i]Well at least I don’t have to look around anymore[/i].” he thought.

Upon reaching the gathering, he saw somepony lying in the middle of the street. He pushed his way through the crowd while shouting “Excuse Me!” along the way. Finally, he made it to the center of the crowd.

He saw an unconscious mare with two bite marks in her neck. He blinked, and checked again. Yep. She had bite marks on her neck, but most of the bleeding had stopped thankfully. 

He asked, “Has anyone checked her pulse?” 

He saw that many had shook their heads, and others just looked at him and just gave a confused look. “Does no one ever check for a pulse nowadays?” he asked, while shaking his head.

He put his hoof on her neck checking for a pulse, and he found it. She was alive! It was weaker that it should have been, but he was pretty sure she would live. But she would have to be taken to a hospital, just in case things went south. 

“She’s alive! Somepony help me get her to a hospital!” Midnight Comet yelled at the crowd. Hoping somepony would be kind enough to lend a helping hoof. However, given that he was in Canterlot, he wasn’t holding his breath.

To his surprise, a white unicorn stallion sporting a monocle came up to help him. His blue mane and tail was styled and sleek, along with with his suit. So there was no mistaking that this stallion was a noble, but he sure didn’t act like one. 

The noble saw Midnight Comet stare at him. But if he was unnerved at all, he never showed it. Surprisingly, it was the noble who broke the silence first. 
“The name is Fancy Pants by the way.” Fancy Pants said, introducing himself.

Midnight Comet started to laugh, but it came out more like a choked cough. Fancy Pants just looked at Midnight Comet while Midnight Comet was clearing his throat.
“Sorry. I had something in my throat.” Midnight Comet explained. “Oh, and I’m Midnight Comet. Please to meet you.”

They walked a little farther, but was stopped by the Royal Guard. 

“We heard there was a disturbance, what happened?” one of the guards asked.

“This mare was found in the middle of the street with two punctures in her neck.” Midnight Comet explained. 

The guard nodded, and the others that was with him began to moved toward Midnight Comet and Fancy Pants. They took hold of the mare and began to carry her 
toward Canterlot Hospital. However, the Captain of the guard ushered Midnight Comet over to him.

Fancy Pants merely raised an eyebrow at this, but said nothing. However, he wondered why the captain only wished to speak with Midnight Comet. However, he was sure that the captain was needing to write a report and needed somepony who knew what they was doing to fill him in. He felt he didn’t need to stick around anymore. 

“It seems that you have everything covered, so I’ll see you around Midnight Comet. I wish you the best of luck. And next time, I hope you won’t think that all noble are snobs.”

Midnight Comet flinched, “I was that easy to read, huh?” He saw Fancy Pants nod, and he sighed. “All right, I will. See you later Fancy Pants.”
Fancy Pants turned and walked away, “Oh and I’m quite aware of the irony of my name! I just hope you get your head out of the stars, it’s quite the fall!”
Midnight Comet went slack-jawed for a moment, unsure of what he just heard. He then closed his mouth and shook his head. “Good night Fancy Pants!” he said, 
with some agitation in his voice. 



Midnight Comet walked over towards the captain, wondering what could have caused the two puncture marks in the mare's neck. Vampires seemed to be the obvious answer, but in his line of work the obvious answer was almost never the right answer. Eh, he would have to deal with that later.

"Greetings, sir.", the captain said, formally.

"Has it been a good night so far?" Midnight Comet asked, much to the captain's surprise.

"Um, it has been quite so far, but why does that have to do with anything?" the captain asked., unsure of what direction the conversation was heading.

"Truthfully, I'd been hoping for a night off. But given what just happened, it looks like I won't get the chance." Midnight Comet said with a huff. "I mean I knew that went out the window as soon as I heard the scream, but I feel I'm entitled to at least one night to myself!" 

"Um, sir? I-" the captain started, before he was interrupted.

"Oh, I rambling again aren't I? I'm sorry captain." 


The captain sighed,  "Call me Captain Stormy Spear. And you are?"

"Oh! How rude of me! I'm Midnight Comet, private investigator."

"Do you have a license or any sort of a document that can support that claim?"

"Yeah, give me a moment to pull it out,"

Midnight Comet shifted around for a bit, trying to find his license. He find stopped, and pulled a piece of paper out of his trench coat's pocket. 

"Aha! Here it- oh. Never mind, it's my Baltimare license." Midnight Comet said, more annoyed that anything else.

Captain Stormy Spear facehoofed. "That will do sir."

"I normally, carry the correct license and never get them mixed up! Captain Stormy Spear, I swear I'm not-"

"[i] That will do sir. [/i]" Captain Stormy Spear repeated with a growl. He was glad that Midnight Comet knew that his Canterlot license would have been preferred, but he needed to verify his claim first.

Midnight Comet silently passed the license over, hoping to not anger Captain Stormy Spear any farther. With a heavy sigh, Captain Stormy Spear examined the license. Upon first inspection, this verified the claim alright; but after reading it thoroughly, it left him with more questions that answers. However, it mostly made him mad.

Captain Stormy Spear walked over toward an empty alley with Midnight Comet on his heels. As soon as he felt they was far away from everypony, he turned to face Midnight Comet.

"What is this?" he hissed. 

"It's my license, like you asked." Midnight Comet answer, unsure of what was going on.

"Then why does it say you hold equal authority to a member of the Royal Guard?!"

Midnight Comet seemed to pale at that statement. "What are you talking about?"

"Midnight Comet shall hold the same duties and responsibilities to a member of the-" 

Upon hearing this, Midnight Comet began to cast a spell. Captain Stormy Spear wasn't able to react fast enough to counter the spell, so he braced himself. However, much to his surprise, Midnight Comet didn't attack him. 

"You cast the soundproofing spell."

It wasn't a question, it was a statement of fact. He knew this spell. He should, given how many times it had been used in his presence. However, it was usually followed by some big secret or revelation that the public wasn't meant to know.

"You can not-" Midnight Comet started, before he was interrupted by Captain Stormy Spear.

"Tell anypony about what you here in hear because this knowledge would shake the very foundation of Equestria to its core. Yeah, I heard this a million times. Get to the point already."

Midnight Comet's jaw was clenched shut. After a moment, his jaw began to relax and he let out a sigh.

"Alright, I'll explain, but I want to do something first."

"And what would that be?"

"I would like to apologize for my behaviour earlier. I know I sounded real bratty, but I have a lot of emotional baggage to deal with. I could have handled that a lot better."

"Alright, that explains why you was acting funny, but it doesn't explain your license. You know, why we're having this discussion to begin with!"

Midnight Comet sighed, "Alright, I get your point. So, what do your you know about 'monsters', Captain?"

"Monsters, you mean like the Hydras and Chimeras? What about them?"

Midnight Comet merely laughed at this response, which angered the Captain. 

"What is so funny?" Captain Stormy Spear growled.

"Not the 'Monsters', Captain. No I meant the 'monsters'. You know, the things that go bump in the night, and can cause a grown stallion to die from from fright!"

"You mean the creatures from those old legends? Like the Vampires? You know they were based off the threstals, right?"

"Remember Captain, Nightmare Moon and Discord were thought to be mere legends as well."

Captain Stormy Spear didn't have a response to that, well not at first.

"Well, still. There is some true behind the legends, you just have to look hard enough."

"Those are wise words Captain. However, if I was to capture one of these monsters for you, would you be at least willing to hear me out?" 

"Sure! But I really doubt that will happen!"

"DUCK!" 

Captain Stormy Spear dropped to thground as he saw Midnight Comet pull some sort of small cannon looking thing out of his trench coat. He heard a loud "BANG!" and the loud screening of, something. It sounded like a pony, but it also sounded like a threstal. He wasn't quite sure.

He turned to see a pale stallion dressed in a nice suit, and with a clean light green mane and tail. However, what drew his attention the most was the long fangs and the red glowing eyes that stared up at him with hate.

"What in Celestia's name is [i]that[/i]?" 

"[i]That[/i] ," Midnight Comet started, " is a vampire. The same creature you claimed to be nothing but a legend."

Midnight Comet began to cast a spell on the vampire, preventing any chance at escape.

"You just acted like nothing just happened! [i] And we was just attack by a vampire! [/i]"

"Why hasn't it worked yet!?" the vampire growled. "I should have been able to get away by now."

Midnight Comet saw that the Captain began to tense up. "Don't worry, he won't be able to hypnotize us."

"How are you so sure?"

"Well this isn't my first time through the proverbial fire and flames." 

The vampire began to struggle, but couldn't break the bonds that held him down.

"Half-Breed! What have you done! I demand that you tell me!"

Captain Stormy Spear saw Midnight Comet's eyes start to glow red. At first, he thought it was a trick of the light, but he saw that two of Midnight's teeth had sharpened into fangs. There was no denying it. Midnight Comet was a vampire. 

Midnight Comet walked over toward the other vampire, glaring at him the entire time. "I may be a half-bteed, but I am a 4th Gen."

Stormy Spear didn't know what was worse, the look of horror on the vampire's faxe after Midnight Comet's answer. Or the grin that Midnight Comet gave as a response.

Captain Stormy Spear hoped he would be able to put tonight behind him, but as fate would have it, it was not meant to be.