The Demons

Well...

I slept in again...

Good thing I woke up in bed this time, because last time, I woke up in the middle of a gloomy forest, half covered in blood.

Yeah. I'm late for work again. I always seem to be.

The thing is, they never seem to notice.

By the time I arrived in work, the ponies that work here, especially Shadow Cane's younger sister, Misty Shrine, were mourning over the death of, well, Shadow Cane. I wonder how they found out so quickly...

"Do you have the flowers?" Misty asked, as I trotted closer.

"Yeah. Don't worry, I'll lay them on his grave for you, dear," Rare Clarity said softly, tears rolling down her cheeks.

Ugh.

Seriously? I wonder what it will be like when I die... nopony would probably even shed a tear for me. They all hate me here. For some odd reason, they adored the cocky bastard named Shadow Cane! How? Even his sister hated him. Why is she suddenly so upset that her annoying big brother is dead?

"Grim! What are you doing?" Rare Clarity asked, looking angry,"You're late! Report to my office now and wait for me!"

Uh, what? This is new. I don't even know where her office even is, I've never been to it...

"Madam, I've never been to your office before, I don't know where it is...?"I said, probably sounding stupid.

She sighed heavily. "Down the hall, Grim! First door on your left! Now go away!"

I'm not surprised that she's angry. She always is when I'm around during a moment like this...

After waiting impatiently for Rare to come to her office to scold me like a schoolcolt, she finally arrived, wiping away her tears with her hoof, sniffing."Oh God. Here comes the lecture! Brace yourself, Grim!" I thought.

She actually didn't shout at me. She smiled at me, making a face that seemed like she was about to flirt with me!

"Madam..."

"What?"

"Are...are you alright?"

She just kept staring at me, with that 'creepy' face. Not answering...

Something weird is definitely happening right now...

She locked the door with her magic, probably so I wouldn't get out.

"Seriously, what are you doing, madam?" I asked her, shaking with nerves.

Oh God. She's licking her lips.

Sweet Celestia.

"Ok. I think that we're done here!" I exclaimed, feeling uncomfortable.

"You're not going anywhere...Grim...", she whispered, creepily.

"UNLOCK THE DAMN DOORS, RIGHT NOW!!!" I shouted, sounding afraid.

"How about...no..."

"HOW ABOUT YES!!"

"Shhhh....you don't want them to hear you, do you? Stop shouting, Grim..."

I got up from my seat and trotted towards the door quickly and she shouted, "Stop!"

I stopped and sat down on the red carpet floor. What does she want from me? My virginity?

I felt sweat rolling down my head now as I heard her getting up from her seat and trotting towards me and then whispering into my ear,"You're not going anywhere, it's just you and me..."

I was getting really fucking creeped out by this crazy shit. Yeah, it does seem pretty damn gross too, don't it?

I felt her biting my ear. Ugh. Sweet Celestia. Why me? What did I do to deserve this treatment from my own boss?

Oh my fucking Celestia, I felt like cringing. I wanted to cry too. I'm all grown up. I'm a respectable, serious stallion, I shouldn't be crying. Instead, I should be taking the stand here!

"Ok that's enough!" I shouted, pushing away from her, "This is too fucking weird. I've gotta admit that! I was expecting something serious!"

"But...this 'is' serious...I like you...I wanted to find an excuse to have you in my office..."

"You like me? Seriously? I thought you hated me!?"

I was surprised. This mare was divorced three years after she got married. Rare was all alone for a long time. Never had a foal at all. Now all of a sudden, she 'wants' me.

Still ew.

"Look, I'm 23, you're 53. There's a 30 year difference between the both of us...we're just not right for each other since we have our differences, anyway. You're my boss, I'm your employee. Simple. We're...different,"I explained, a sad tone growing in my voice.

Rare sighed. "I know what you mean and I get it. I knew you would have found it weird, but I tried it anyway...It's just that you always seem to work hard and look cute while doing so. It's fine. I'll just be a sad, lonely mare for the rest of my life...",she explained, nearly crying...then she did.

Why do I feel bad for her all of a sudden? She is rather nice and very cheerful most of the time and she has those puppy dog eyes whenever she cries. Oh sweet Celestia, it's happening...I feel sorry for Rare Clarity, my boss...

"It 'is' fine. Y'know why? It's because somepony out there loves you. It's not me, obviously, it's just somepony more joyful and interesting than I am and ever will be. Don't give up hope now, you'll find somepony,"I told her, attempting a smile.

Good love advice from me who hasn't even fallen in love yet. Wow. What's happening to me, seriously?

"You're a sweetie, Grim. You're not actually like anypony else I've met...Why did you think that I've fallen for you in the first place?" Rare winked at me and smiled.

I giggled nervously. Getting winked at by a 53 year old flirtatious mare...It actually does make me feel uncomfortable...

She unlocked the door. "You can go now, if you want, Grim...", she said softly. I trotted out the door, looking behind me, then turning around. I saw her crying into her desk. Poor mare.

I closed the door and trotted to my office. Everypony was staring at me like they knew what happened in there. "What? It was just some heavy scolding going on in there, that's all..,"I told them, smiling nervously as I opened my office door. They all just shook their heads and blinked, Misty was still looking at me with those tearful, brown eyes of hers. She trotted up to me before I went into my office.

"Grim...can you please help me?"