Two mares in the underworld

After a while of walking around the now waking town, Octavia and Vinyl Scratch had finally found what they were looking for. In front of them stood a two story building made out of a dark cherry wood. What looked like a gothic tower jutted out from the back of the building, while the front had a single large window displaying an assortment of books, potions, and a whole assortment of different items. Two large wooden bat wings had the words 'Necromancers Delight' carved across them. The two mares walked to the front door, only to find a closed sign on it.

"I guess we'll have to wait then." Octavia said.

"I don't think so Tavi." Vinyl pointed to the bottom of the closed sign. In very tiny writing, a small message was present. " 'Friends of Mort welcome anytime.' Huh, well I guess this is our lucky day."

Vinyl pushed on the door slightly, and was rewarded with the door swinging open. Apparently they don't lock their doors, go figure. Vinyl thought. As they walked inside, they were met with a torrent of yelling, and supposedly, panic over the stores owners breakfast.

"Put it out!Put it out!"

"I'm trying! It's not my fault cooking hates me!"

"Since when was water able to catch on fire!"

"I don't know. You get the water, I'll get her wings!"

"It feels like I've been banished to the sun! For the stars sake, just put me out!"

"It's kinda hard since the water keeps on combusting!"

"Use the fire extinguisher!"

Psssssh! "It won't die down!"

"Use a blanket! Smother it!" Pssssh! "Waters out!"

After what sounded like a couple swats from some sort of heavy object the yelling finally stopped, and everything seemed to stop with it. From what the two mares could gather, there were two mares and a stallion in the back room, which would probably be part of the residence. Then finally, a unicorn stallion walked out of the back room and behind the front counter. His coat was a deep navy blue that looked nice with his tomcoltish silver mane. His eyes were a comforting purple, while his cutie mark wasn't so comforting. It was the skull of a pony in the middle of a trinity.

"Who are you two?" He asked with a hint of annoyance. He waited for an answer, but only got the incomprehensible stuttering of Vinyl and Octavia. "Well? Spit it out."

"W-w-we were told t-t-to come here by M-M-Mort." Octavia half said, half stuttered.

"You're friends with Mort?" He said in an unbelieving tone.

"Y-yes." Vinyl said, mustering up her courage.

"Well then." He leaned towards the two over the counter. "Why didn't you say so?" He said with a goofy smile. His entire personality seemed to change in a single instant. At first, it was this possibly bitter and angry person, and now it seemed like they met the nicest pony ever. " Follow me you two. We can talk over breakfast." The stallion started walking back to the door he came from before stopping. "Oh yeah. My names Night Shade. What's yours?" Night Shade asked.

"Vinyl."

"Octavia."

""Alright, Vinyl and Octavia, follow me." The two mares followed Night Shade into the kitchen, which is where they found the last thing they were expecting. A pale yellow earth pony was on the back of a black Alicorn, clenching a couple feathers in her mouth. "What are you two doing?"

"Helping Moony here with her feathers." The mare said, although a little muffled. "Alright, On three."

"Just pull them out already." The Alicorn said.

"One.....two.....three." The mare pulled out a clump of feathers, which was followed by the quick but painful scream of the black Alicorn. The mare hopped off her back and went over to one of the cup boards and pulled out some gauze. After wrapping the Alicorns wings, she finally sat down at the table. "Your wings will have new feathers in a couple days hopefully. Sorry about the burning though." The pale yellow mare said apologetically.

"It's alright, Midnight Rose. It's not your fault cooking doesn't like you. But you know what?" The Alicorn lowered herself to the pale yellow mares eye level. "You're the only pony I know that can catch water on fire. And that is one of the reasons why you're so special." The Alicorn said, giving Midnight Rose a comforting smile.

"Ahem." Both mares turned to face the three arriving ponies. "If you to don't mind, would you kindly sit down while I get breakfast?" All the mares sat down. "Thank you. I'll be back in a couple minutes." Night Shade went back into the store and out the front door, leaving an awkward silence with the four mares.

A pale yellow hoof reached across the table in a shy but welcoming gesture. "My name is Midnight Rose, I'm Night Shades wife." Midnight Rose shook both Vinyls and Octavias hooves, allowing them to take a moment to look at the two mares in front of them.

She had a deep red mane that was a little disheveled, but still straight. Her eyes were a rose red, while her cutie mark appeared to be a black rose from the few glimpses Vinyl and Octavia saw of it. She gave the two mares a friendly smile, revealing a pair of bat-like fangs. Both mares started shifting nervously in their chairs, which Midnight Rose took notice of.

"Oh, sorry! I tend to forget about my fangs." She closed her lips, a little red tinting her cheeks. "I'm a vampire you know. I won't bite you, so you don't need to worry. Especially here." The two mares stopped shifting and had relaxed, a little. "So, What are your names?" Midnight asked.

"Vinyl."

"Octavia."

"Fine names for fine mares." The Alicorn said. Both Octavia and Vinyl Scratch had noticed the disturbing similarities to Nightmare Moon. In fact, she looked like she was an exact copy of Nightmare Moon, except without any armor.

"Um, excuse me?" Octavia asked the black Alicorn.

"Yes?"

"I don't mean to be rude, but you look a lot like...."

"Nightmare Moon?"

"Well, I don't want to be rude, like I said, but yes." Octavia confessed.

"Well I should since I am. But don't worry, I won't harm you." Nightmare Moon eyed the two mares for a moment. "Now, how did you to die?" she asked.

"Well, Nightmare Moon...." Octavia started before being stopped by a black hoof.

"Please, just call me Moony." All my friends do." Moony said with a smile.

"Well, Moony. It all started during my recent solo recital......"

Ten minutes later

"And that's about it." Octavia finished.

"Sorry about your cello. It must have been worth a lot." Midnight said.

"Good thing I never took over Equestria, or I would have to deal with that filth." Moony said in disgust. "The nerve of some ponies."

"I know, right?" Vinyl said. "I would've kicked his flank if I were there, but Tavi already did." Vinyl put her forelegs behind her head as she started to relax. "So, how did you two get here?"

Midnight was the first to tell her story. "I got here because of an angry, and very prejudice might I add, village burned me to death along with Night Shade about seven hundred years ago. He found me barely living from not drinking blood out in the nearby woods. He let me drink from him and taught me a little necromancy and magic. It comes naturally when you're a vampire. After a while, we started becoming close." Midnight sighed happily, nostalgia taking root. "Those were some of the happiest moments of my mortal life. We even had a foal." Her once happy smile turned into a sad frown. "Unfortunately, the nearby village saw us as demons, and had decided to drag us into town and burn us for supposed 'crimes against society'. I burned when the sun came up, and Night Shade was burned at the stake. But our foal did make it." Her smile returned with a vengeance. "Night Shade had made some friends with a few villagers, so they took care of him. They even told him about us. He learned a little necromancy, and since then, a little bit of Night Shades lost craft is still helping people in a way." Midnight sighed a little as nostalgia took root again. "When we arrived at Morts greeting cave, we quickly became friends with him. He even pulled some strings with the king of the underworld and arranged a wedding for us since our marriage was never 'official'. We've been here ever since. Happy endings always happen to good ponies, I guess."

"Hope those villagers got what was coming to them though." Vinyl said.

"Oh they did."

"That's good." Vinyl turned to Moony. "So, Moony. How are you dead? Aren't you a part of Luna?"

"Yes and no." Moony replied. "After the elements of Harmony cured Luna of me, I had gained enough magic to form my own soul. At first, when I arrived, I was nothing but malice. But Night Shade and Midnight showed me compassion. And ever since, I've been a humble and more relaxed soul." Moony looked past Vinyl and Octavia to see that Night Shade had arrived. "It appears that our breakfast is hear."

All the mares turned around to see Night shade carrying multiple bags of what smelled like toast, eggs, and sandwiches with him. But what Vinyl and Octavia didn't expect was a red Alicorn filly following him. When the filly noticed the two mares staring at her, she rushed over to Moony and hid behind her.

"I'm sorry, my new friends. But my sister can be a little shy around new ponies." Moony said.

"Sister?" The two mares said in unison.

"Allow me to explain. Days after my banishment, Celestia separated her anger from herself and destroyed it. The result was Solar Flare, Celestias 'Nightmare Moon'. When I came here, I found her terrorizing a local village. After a little help from my friends, I was able to stop her. I was the first to show her love, and ever since then, she had turned into a filly. I've been her big sister ever since. We even run our own cafe'." Moony leaned down to Solar Flare and nuzzled the filly. "Now tell me, why are you here and not watching the shop." she asked.

"I was getting a little worried. After Night Shade came in, I closed the cafe'. I-I'm sorry." Solar Flare said, tears starting to form in her eyes.

Moony pulled Solar Flare into a hug like a consoling mother. "Sshhh. It's alright, nothing happened to me." She took notice of her wings. "Well nothing big. Tell you what, after you introduce yourself to our new friends and we finish breakfast, we can spend the day at the park." Moony said.

"Okay." Solar Flare sniffled. She walked up to Vinyl and Octavia and introduced herself. "H-hi, I'm Solar Flare."

"Sup kid. I'm Vinyl Scratch."

"I'm Octavia. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Vinyl and Octavia were able to get a good look at the filly. She had red coat and sun cutie mark, her mane had two colors. The border was the color of a firey yellow, and the inside was the same red her coat was. The non existent breeze that flowed through her mane made it look like she had flames for hair. Her eyes were dragon like slits with lavender irises, while the whites were lightly tinted lavender.

"Now that everypony is done talking about 'how we got here' stories, can we finally eat?" Night Shade said, already setting out all the places for the food and plates. When everything was set, the six ponies sat down and started eating breakfast.