My Little Coffee Shop (A Romeo & Juliet Story)

Crescent Moon stood outside of the new restaurant. He tapped his front left hoof as he waited for his date. The wind blew gently, and the delicious smell of coffee from the coffee shop next door wafted through the air. It caught Crescent's attention, and noticing the sweet aroma he turned his head and his ice blue eyes glanced over at the coffee shop. As Robin stepped out of the building, his facial expression went from happy to surprised.

"Oh, hi Crescent. Sorry I'm a little late. I was jus-"

"What were you doing?" Crescent cut her off, "Why were you in there?!"

"I just visiting some friends and-"

"Friends? What kind of friends?" Crescent immediately became protective of Robin.

"I'm friends with the owners of the shop, Crescent. Come on, now. Please don't be so... nosy." Robin's sad purple eyes looked up into his'. Crescent couldn't resist.

"Fine. Just... don't be cheating on me." He mumbled, yet it was clear enough for Robin to hear.

"Alrig- I'm not cheating on you! Where did you get that crazy idea from?!" Robin exclaimed.

"I see you walk out of a coffee shop with a smile on your face... and not to mention you said you were hanging out with 'friends'." Crescent says, now stroking her mane with his wing.

Robin sighed. "Let's just go in and eat."

"May I take your order?" A stallion asked as he was approaching their booth, who was obviously the waiter.

"I'll take a hayburger." Robin said.

"And... let's see here," Crescent's eyes scanned the menu, "I'll order a hayburger as well."

Robin giggled as the waiter trotted off into the kitchen.

"So... I guess I'll be paying today." Crescent said.

"Uh, alright. I mean, you know, I do have my purse with me." Robin said, looking down at the bag beside her.

"No, no. You're fine. In fact, you're real fine." Crescent said, now staring into Robin's eyes.

Those deep, mystifying blue eyes set into Robin's mind as she looked back at him. His smiling face; that handsome, lovable face. She loved everything about him. Little did she know, that was all going to change.

As Crescent Moon payed, Robin stood up, and held her purse tightly in her wing.

After laying down a tip, he asked, "Are you ready?"

"Ready? I guess the date could be over now, I suppose... it just seems too early to be going back home." She sighed.

"No, no, no!" He chuckled, "Let's go for a walk or something. You're just too wonderful to not be around."

Giggling back, Robin said, "O-okay!"

The couple headed out of the new restaurant. Robin looked over, and saw a familiar unicorn stallion sitting outside of the coffee shop. "I-I think we had better go this way." Robin decided, walking away from the shop.

"Well, alright." Crescent responded.

As the two ponies walked, the day seemed perfect. It was a nice and sunny day. A slight breeze blew by, and a few orange, red, and yellow fall leaves followed.

Crescent Moon stopped. Robin stopped too. "W-what's wrong?" she asked the pegasus stallion.

Not saying a single word, he walked in front of her. "Give me your purse." He mumbled. His face was stern, and the mare could tell he was not kidding.

"Gimme your purse, lady!" He snapped.

Tucking the purse under her wing even tighter, she whispered "no".

"What was that? I thought you said 'no'. Am I wrong?" Smirking, he pulled out a gun from under his wing. It was small, but powerful. Not to mention it was also fully loaded. He aimed it at her heart. "Give me your purse, woman."

Robin didn't hesitate to give away her purse.

Crescent held the purse in his wing, but the gun was still aimed at Robin.

"I-I g-ga-ave y-you the p-p-pur-rse..." Robin whispered. She was too afraid to talk; her voice was shaky.

"That was the test, mare. You gave me your purse, yeah. But now, I'll get what I need. That's only just one, small thing." His smile grew even wider on his face.

Robin didn't say a word.

As if he was reading her mind, he said, "All I want from you... is Robin."

"What?!" Robin shrieked.

"You're coming home with me, filly!" He reached out, and grabbed her front hoof. Robin tried to pull away, but the gun now lay on her cyan fur, right on top of her heart. She didn't want to risk it.

"Don't be scared, now. Just spend the day, err, night at my house... you can go back home afterwards, and I'll give you your purse back."

"No! I don't want to go with you!" Robin screamed back.

Pushing the gun onto her chest, Crescent mumbled, "Do you really want to die, Robin?"

Sweat ran down Robin's face. "No..." she whispered back, tears forming in the cracks of her eyes.

"Good. Now, come with me."

"No." Robin stated.

A gun shot was heard from all over Ponyville.

"What did you do to her?!" Silver Shield yelled. His horn was light up light blue, and he starred angrily at Crescent.

"Who are you? And what do you mean? I didn't do a thing to her! You tried to shoot me!" The pegasus stallion yelled back.

Robin turned around to see the blue unicorn standing about a yard behind her. She was actually happy to see him.

"I didn't try to shoot you. I used that to get your attention." The unicorn said.

"Likely story. Now, is this any of your business?" Crescent asked.

"That doesn't matter. You are trying to hurt and possibly kill a good mare." Silver argued back.

"Really? What are you going to do about it, son?" Crescent protested.

"I'm not going to do anything." Silver replied. He too had a smile on his face.

"WHAT?!" Robin screamed.

"Quiet, woman!" Crescent yelled at her, putting the gun up against her chest. Tears ran down Robin's cheeks as she felt hopeless.

"Stop right there, colt! You are under arrest!" A policemare shouted, a whole herd of policeponies following behind her.

"Who- what- how?!" Crescent stuttered, dropping his weapon.

"You have the right to remain silent." A policepony said, putting the pegasus in hoofcuffs.

Robin received her purse back. "I thought you said you weren't going to do anything." She whispered, looking up into SIlver's hazel eyes.

"I never said they wouldn't." He chuckled.

"T-thank you." Robin said, a little louder than before.

"No need to." He smiled.

"How did they get here so fast, though?" Robin wiped away her tears as she spoke.

"When I preformed my spell. It sounded and looked like a gun shot to get that pegasi's attention, while at the same time it was a call for help. Unicorns can kinda communicate with weird spells like that. Well, only if they know those kind of higher-ranked spells. Some are only for the most smart and talented ponies. Meh, I'm working on it. You never know when it'll come in handy!"

"Yeah. You really saved me... thank you, again."

"Don't mention it." Once again he smiled.

Robin walked into Ponyville, leaving Silver Shield behind.