The Veins Run Deep

Summary
Bloodvein is a pegasus born into a bat pony family. The story begins from his literal birth and moves through his colthood into the beginning of his adult life, where he finds himself disobeying his own colony's rules and living around Equestrians, while training to be a Lunar guard. His journey takes him from the caves of northwest Equestria, to the skies above it, and eventually to the streets and palace of Canterlot. Along the way, he makes new friends, and loses them as well. In the end, he may just be a happier pony than ever before.

Characters

 * Bloodvein/Night Shadow: The main protagonist of the story. He is a dark grey pegasus with normal bright, gold eyes, a two-shaded purple toned wonderbolts-style mane and tail. Despite his outward appearance, he is a blooded bat pony with the fangs and night-enhanced eyes and hearing. Later on in the story, he changes his name from Bloodvein to Night Shadow, to sound less intimidating.


 * Skywatcher: Bloodvein/Night Shadow's father. He is a tall, muscular dark grey bat pony with a purple, wind-blown spiky mane, and dark blue eyes. Skywatcher is the lieutenant in the colony's guardians, known as Fang Legion.


 * Midnight: Bloodvein/Night Shadow's mother. She is a shorter dark grey bat pony mare with a dark silver mane, orange eyes. Not much else is known about her, and in the story, she seems to be a stay-at-home mother.


 * Thunderblast: A grey pegasus royal guard living in the city of Canterlot. He was assigned to train Night Shadow when he enlisted in the guard. Thunder has a jet-black mane and blue eyes and is known to be just a few inches taller than Night. They quickly bond over time and become the best of friends.

Reception
The Veins Run Deep, from the beginning until completion, and even to today, has received much positive criticism and is currently the author's most popular story, previously beating a one-shot he released after this story. According to the author, Thunderblast, the reception it received was not expected at all and due to it, he decided to continue with a side story that takes place just after the events of The Veins Run Deep. The side-story's name is An Old Friend's Return.

To date, The Veins Run Deep has 55 likes and 5 dislikes on FIMFiction. The story views as of October 1st, 2015 are at 763, and total views being just over 11,000.