Lyra saw her marefriend leave through the big door of the castle ,with the cake she had so carefully tried to make for the princesses.

It was her first big job as the royal banqueter and she was sweating bullets.

Lyra prayed the princesses would like the cake and approve it for the event.

A few minutes passed and bonbon came out again looking very happy.

“We did it Lyra! The cake got approved! The princesses loved it!”

Lyra hugged her happy marefriend tightly and kissed her on the cheek.

“I knew you would pass! I mean.. it is the most beautiful and tasteful looking cake I ever saw !”She replied happily to her marefriend.

Bonbon giggled.

“Silly Lyra .always thinking about food and eating.” She exclaimed with a giggle.

“Hey! I don’t always think about that! I only think about it for the majority of the day! Not always!” Lyra answered jokingly.

Bonbon wiped some sweat from her brow and began rummaging in her saddlebag.

“What do you say if we celebrate on our first job well done? “She said while grabbing out her bag of bits from the saddlebag.

“I’d say: Let’s go!!”Lyra answered

The two happily trotted over to one of the restaurants in Canterlot to celebrate their victory.

It was around that time, that an eerie howl came forth from deep within the Everfree Forest.

It was loud enough to be heard around the borders of the forest.

It was there that a little filly glanced out of the window, looking out over the Everfree when the cry was heard .

“What in the name of the princesses was that?” The little filly asked herself.

Her sister, who was right behind her , looked up from what she was doing and looked out of the window too.

“I don’t know what it was,” She spoke up. “but I sure as hay don’t want to find out either”

She glanced at the clock that was hanging on the wall.

“Anyway. It’s bedtime for you Applebloom, so get going . We have a productive day ahead of us”

The little filly yawned , but was not too eager on going to her bed .

“Yeah. Because bucking apples every day is so fun to do.” She replied with a hint of sarcasm in her voice .

Her sister sighed.

“Then you should have been born somewhere else than by us apples. But we don’t buck apples tomorrow, we have to take care of the pumpkins. It’s nearly Nightmare Night you know?” She said .

The little filly’s ears perked up at the words Nightmare Night.

“Oh yeah! I need to go see Rarity for some costume soon.”

The orange mare giggled at her little sisters sudden bolt of energy.

“That may be so, but now it’s really bedtime for you.” She made a hoof pointing motion to the stairs.

Applebloom sighed and slowly ascended the stairs.

As soon as she got out of sight Applejack worriedly looked out of the window.

“I really don’t want to find out what it was.” She said to herself as her spine tingled when another howl was heard.

“Lyra stop stuffing your mouth with the bread!”Bonbon scolded her.

Lyra giggled and swallowed the remaining pieces of bread that had been in her mouth.

“I can’t help it that I’m hungry, besides, we are still waiting on our food to come.”

The green mare continued to eat the bread as a stallion came to their table with two plates.

“Somepony ordered the salad with hayfries and the daisy sandwich with extra union-sauce?”

Lyra nodded and the waiter handed the plates over to her.

“I also got the Caesar salad with hayfries and a simple sandwich.”

This time bonbon nodded and the waiter gave her the plate.

When the waiter began walking away again bonbon spoke up:

“c-Could we have some cider please?” She asked a bit nervously.

The waiter smiled and nodded and walked away to get the two mares some cider.

Bonbon sighed after he left and stared at Lyra.

“Seriously Lyra, extra onion sauce? I’m so not gonna kiss you tonight.”

The two mares shared a small giggle and started to dig into their food.

After a while bonbon excused herself and went to the bathroom.

The bathroom itself was as luxurious as the restaurant and bonbon examined her surroundings.

It's tiles where laid in a black and white patron, almost like a chess board.

The walls were painted a light cream color and the faucet was sparkling silver.

Bonbon then turned on the faucet and splashed some of the water, coming out of the faucet, in her face.

Her breathes were slow and long, it seemed like the walls were closing in on her .

She slapped herself in the face a couple of times.

“Come on Bonbon! You can do it, you will ask the mare of your dreams to marry you and that’s that!”

With one deep breath she left the bathroom and returned back to the table where her marefriend just finished eating her hayfries.

Bonbon sat down again and ate more of her food as her marefriend began eating her daisy sandwich.

After a while Bonbon looked up at Lyra and stifled a giggle.

Lyra raised an eyebrow at her marefriend’s giggle and looked at her.

“Something the matter, Bonnie?” She asked.

Bonbon giggled again.

“There.. is something on your muzzle,” She proceeded to point at her muzzle. “right about..here.”

Lyra wiped her muzzle and noticed that almost her whole muzzle was covered in a mixture of ketchup and union sauce.

“Here, let me help you.” Bonbon grabbed a napkin and wiped Lyra’s muzzle clean.

Lyra blushed and silently thanked her marefriend who smiled at her.

“Honestly Lyra, can’t you eat normally without making a mess just one time?” Bonbon jokingly asked her.

Lyra simply shrugged and took another bite from her sandwich.

Bonbon proceeded to drink some cider and continued eating.

Not far from the two dining mares stood a blue mare on a balcony.

Her mane flowing in the wind and her eyes focused on the faraway trees of the Everfree.

She could sense something there, something that frightened her.

The feeling that something was not right had slowly crept up her spine.

“Luna, is everything alright?” A soothing voice spoke to her from behind the blue alicorn.

Luna looked behind her to see her sister standing in the doorway from the balcony.

“No sister. There is something wrong. We, I mean I can feel it.” She said to her sister.

Her sister walked to her and nuzzled her.

“It’s the Everfree forest dear Lulu. Things are bound to be frightening there.” Her sister stated calmly.

Luna blushed and nodded.

“That may be so. But I still have the feeling that there is something completely wrong there.” She stated. “And please stop calling us Lulu. You don’t hear me calling you Tia?”

Her sister giggled a bit and nuzzled the blue alicorn.

“Indeed I don’t. But I don’t mind that.”

Luna huffed.

“Well I do! We aren't fillies anymore sister. That time lays in the past.” She said.

Celestia simply smiled.

“Alright Lulu. I shall try to use that silly name less.”

Luna groaned at hearing that name again.

“Sister!”

“Oops, sorry.” The white mare giggled a little.

Luna sighed deeply.

“Honestly Celestia, must we be so foalish now? When danger could be sticking it’s malicious head around the corner?”

Celestia looked at Luna and let out a deep sigh.

“Alright Luna. I will send a few guards to scout the area tomorrow. First, I and they need our sleep.” With that the white alicorn walked away, leaving Luna alone again.

Luna sighed again and began looking over the woods again.

“We will keep a close eye on you.” She whispered softly to the direction of the forest.

The forest answered in silence and had no intention to reveal the horrors that where hiding deep in its lands.

Author's Note

well.. i hope this time i made the story fitting to the regulations.
Anyway.. i started this story off in October as a joke and more of a thing to let me empty my busy brain to focus on something else.
But.. look where we are, i got quite some good reviews from friends on this one. so i decided to publish it.
For followers of 'A part played calando'.. I will try my best to continue this story.. or perhaps revise the while bloody thing and upgrade it.
Just keep a bit more patience and it will be done.
Other than that enjoy reading this, or don't i don't mind.