Dead in civilization

"So what kind of ideas do you have Dead?" Rarity asked Dead as they arrived at the shop. "I still have all those supplies your skeletons dropped off ages ago, maybe we could use them?" The pair walked through the door and into the main room of Carousal Boutique. The shop was clean save for a thine lay of dust that had settled on everything. Rarity opened the curtains and natural light flooded the room. "My word, this place is filthy!" Rarity exclaimed.

"I can deal with that my petit chou-fleur!" Dead happily announced.

"Since when did you speak Prench? And you do know you called me your little cauliflower right?" Rarity said giving Dead a strange look.

"Of course! You would not call yourself a large mare would you?" Dead happily said.

"Well No, but..." Rarity started.

"And you are almost the same color as a cauliflower, are you not?" Dead sang out. "And of course everything sounds one-thousand percent more sexy when spoken in Prench!"

"I can't argue with you there Dead, now could you lend me a hoof?" Rarity asked.

"But of course!" Dead happily sang out as she channeled a cleaning spell that absorbed all the dust. "Skeletons get old and flaky. This leaves bone-meal on everything. So I am used to cleaning fine powder."

"So Dead, do you think you could teach me a spell like that? It would be useful to be able to clean the dust in my house without a feather duster." Rarity inquired Dead.

"But of course my dear!" Dead half shouted half cheered.

"Alright, what did you do with Dead?" Rarity said to Dead. "I know she can be happy but not this happy!" Rarity said trying to hold back a chuckle.

"Life is wonderful at the moment Rarity! I have the two best mares in the world at my side and things are finally settling down for once." Dead pirouetted on the spot and swooned onto the sofa. "I feel alive!" Dead sighed happily. "If every day was like this I would be happy."

"You know Dead, you have changed so much in such a short time. By the end of the week you would have forgotten you were a necromancer!" Rarity giggled.

"No I can't forget who I am. I will just have to start living without skeletons, let the others." Dead got up. "Well they are keeping the house tidy, and Skullworthy will be meeting with me weekly to give me a report and say hi to everypony." Dead said happily. "I'm the luckiest mare in Equestria!"

Rarity went over to Dead and gave her a huge hug. "I am so glad you are happy! It makes me so happy to see you happy!" Rarity cheered. "Today is going to be a great day." Rarity sighed happily and realized Dead from her hug.

Knock-Knock-Knock!

"Oh, I wonder who that could be?" Dead said in a sing-song voice as she gracefully jumped to the door. Dead opened the door slowly and revealed who was on the other side. "Oh hello Rainbow, how are you doing on this fine day?"

"Uh, Dead? Are you alright?" Rainbow said sounding mighty confused. "Rarity are you in there? I think a changeling has taken over Dead!" Rainbow called out.

"She fine Rainbow, come in!" Rarity called back. "Shes just a tad bit... Happy." Rarity chuckled. Rainbow slowly walked into the clothes shop. Just as she got past the door line Dead shut the door and glided past her.

"Wow Dead, you are really, really happy." Rainbow sighed.

"I've just realized how lucky I am Rainbow. Its made me all giddy!" Dead cheered happily.

"Uh yeah..." Rainbow stuttered. "Do you mind if I speak with Rarity alone for a moment?" Rainbow asked shakily.

Dead happy mood dropped slightly. "Uh, sure. I might go try and find Ditzy..." Dead trailed.

"Are you sure Dead? I mean this can wait." Rainbow hastily spoke trying to get Dead to perk back up.

"Its okay, better to do it now then later." Dead headed towards the door. "Guess I will see you later Rarity, have a good day!" Dead called out as she left. Dead shut the door and headed out into the town.

"So Rainbow, whats on your mind?" Rarity resisted the urge to just flatly asked why she needed Dead to leave.

"Well Rarity I was just at Twilight's, well not just at Twilight's but I was there not too long ago." Rainbow stalled, she regretted not going to Dead and asking her.

"Rainbow, be honest. Is it about Dead?" Rarity said flatly.

"Well..." Rarity gave Rainbow a stern look. "Yes." Rainbow said flatly.

"Well then, out with it!" Rarity tried to hurry Rainbow Dash on.

"Well, I will say what Twilight said. She seems to think that I have fallen in love with Dead." Rainbow said confidently. "I think she is being stupid. I mean, come on I'm Rainbow Dash."

"So then, why are you here?" Rarity asked. "Do you want a dress or something? You didn't really need to send Dead away for that..." Rarity said, trying to trick Rainbow into admitting the truth.

"I... Its not that, I'm just asking for your advice. I mean if Twilight thinks so, its only a matter of time until Dead catches on... I mean gets the idea." Rainbow quickly stuttered out.

"I'm not following you Rainbow, you want me to give you advice on how to make Dead not think you are in love with her?" Rarity strung together slowly.

"You are following it!" Rainbow exclaimed. "So what should I do?"

"Tell Dead you love her and want to be part of the group. Its that simple." Rarity said quickly. "You always said you could never stay with one mare, why not three?" Rarity blushed slightly after she stopped. "Look Rainbow there is no point hiding your emotions."

"You really think that would work?" Rainbow said, dropping her act. "I don't really know how to go about it."

"Well you could just go and tell her, its not like she isn't used to you being forward. Remember when you first met her?" Rarity rolled her eyes. "That could have ended badly."

"Yeah, Twilight kept telling me that." Rainbow rolled her eyes and huffed. "Maybe this isn't worth it, Dead might not take me seriously." Rainbow sighed. "Love is stupid sometimes."

"Rainbow, I assure you that if you go to Dead and tell her face to face. She will know you are being truthful." Rarity placed her hoof on Rainbow's shoulders. "Just say what you think you should say and it will be fine. Trust me."

Ditzy had just finished her rounds, she was on her way back to her house however she saw Dead walking around the town center. Dead was aimlessly wondering from stall to stall.

"Hey Dead!" Ditzy called out as she dive bombed into Dead, throwing both of them to the ground. "What brings you out at this time?"

"Can't a mare just walk around by herself?" Dead said as she playfully wrestled Ditzy to the ground. It was relatively early in the morning and while stalls were open, not many ponies were out. Ditzy struggled free and got up next to dead.

"I guess not, I just thought you would be with Rarity. Did something happen?" Ditzy asked.

"Rainbow showed up, just like you said. I guess the last part of the plan is falling into place." Dead chuckled evilly.

"It was your idea with Rainbow not mine, shes your responsibility." Ditzy said as Dead stumbled up.

"I know Ditzy. I promise you she will respect the boundaries to some degree." Dead chuckled. "And that she won't obsess over me, much."

"Good! I don't want her hogging you." Ditzy said, jabbing Dead in the shoulder. Ditzy looked around briefly. "No doubt she will be looking for you in a moment. I better give you two some space." Ditzy went to take off before stopping. "Try not to tire her tout too much, she may be Rainbow Dash, but every pony has their limits."

"Why would you say that?" Dead said innocently.

"Well you were the last one to give up last night, and even then it was because Rarity had ran out of steam. I don't know how much longer you would have gone on for." Ditzy chuckled. "For somepony who knows nothing about love and the finer points of it all... You sure caught on quickly..."

"I have good teachers..." Dead sighed happily. Ditzy winked at Dead and then flew off into the market.

"So I just need to go and tell her?" Rainbow asked one final time.

"Yes Rainbow, just go do it." Rarity sighed forcing Rainbow out of the shop. "I need to design Marcia's dress." Rarity shut the door on Rainbow.

"Urgh!" Rainbow grumbled to herself as she took flight. She hoped that Dead hand't wondered to far, the longer she spent flying the longer she had to back out. Then again she was Rainbow Dash, when had she ever back away from everything? Never! But then again Rainbow was never one for long term commitment...

And there was Dead, practically in the town center talking away to Ditzy. Dead was as beautiful as always. Rainbow sighed and landed in a nearby cloud, she didn't really want Ditzy to be in the middle of things, before Rainbow had a chance to even consider flying away Ditzy took to the skies and flew deeper into the town, without crashing into anypony.

Dead made a move, she was heading in the direction of the park, Rainbow hopped from cloud to cloud in order to stay close to her. Rainbow could tell that Dead was waiting for somepony, she kept looking from side to side expectantly. Dead made it to a bench by the pond that was empty and sat down. Rainbow wait a few minuets before landing nearby and walking past Dead.

"Oh hey Dead, I didn't expect to see you here." Rainbow said a nonchalantly as possible. "What brings you to this part of Ponyville?"

"Oh not much, just felt like relaxing a bit." Dead said happily. "So what brings you to Terra-firma?" Dead questioned.

"Its a nice day for it really, mind if I take a seat?" Rainbow said, eyeing up the free spot next to Dead.

"Not at all, take a seat." Dead said as Rainbow quickly dived onto the seat next to her. "Something on your mind?" Dead asked.

"What makes you say that?" Rainbow hastily said.

"Well you're sat next to me, in the park." Dead pointed out. "Normally when somepony does that they want to say something." Dead looked Rainbow in the eyes. "So I will ask again, whats on your mind?"

"Uh yeah! Something is on my mind Dead!" Rainbow said, then fell quiet.

"Well?" Dead pressured. "I do have places to be." As much as Dead hated pressure she knew that if she didn't try and hurry Rainbow she would back out.

"Well you know how you got that whole thing going on with Rarity and Ditzy?" Rainbow spluttered out.

"Yes, its hard to forget." Dead rolled her eyes. Of course she would be that blatant. Dead thought to herself.

"Well, could I possibly ummm... Be involved?" Rainbow stuttered out. Dead resister the urge to facehoof. Of course the fasted flier and most confident mare in Ponyville would completely botch this up.

"Well... In what aspects?" Dead started to tease, she could tell she would be able to drag this out for a while.

"Uh what?" Rainbow said sounding puzzled. "The book never said..."

Dead ignored the last comment and went on. "Well when you are in a... three way relationship you have several aspects to it. You know what I mean?"

"Not really..." Rainbow trailed slowly.

"Well..." Dead faltered. "Forget it, I know what you want. I have always know Rainbow, even if you didn't." Dead blundered out, dropping the whole act.

"Wha...?" A confused Rainbow stuttered.

"I only have one questioned Rainbow, how serious are you taking this?" Dead asked sternly.

"Very!" Rainbow said confidently. "Admit ably if you had asked me when you first showed up I would have answered differently. But things have changed and well, I want to be a part of it." Rainbow said happily. "So what do you say Dead, do I have a chance."

"Of course, its not like I didn't see you watching us last night." Dead said smugly.

"Wait you..." A dumbstruck Rainbow said. "You knew I was there?"

"Yes, that's why just after we finished I talked to Rarity and Ditzy about it, and they agreed with me." Dead said evilly.

"Wait so Rarity knew I was watching? And Ditzy?" Rainbow stuttered.

"Yes and yes. Now shut up and kiss me." Dead said, pushing Rainbow over the edge.

"I...Ah...Oh..." Rainbow stuttered.

"Great, I broke Rainbow." Dead got up and sighed. She threw Rainbow over her back and began about carrying her to Twilight's. "Not the best start to a perfect day..."