Scarlet waved goodbye to her last customer of the day and stretched backward in her ponified lounge chair. Humans had some interesting furniture... The mare smiled and yawned quietly to herself. She started thinking about a few things about her life. She found it kind of funny that she, a virgin, was running the most popular adult toy shop in all of Equestria. Ponies came from places all over, she even had a few human customers every now and then.

Most ponies that came to her store were rather friendly and quite a few of them were shy. She was surprised to see the butter-yellow mare named Fluttershy come in last week. She was looking for some interesting items.. That mare ended up buying Scarlet's whole supply of bondage accessories for what she claimed was 'an innocent game with an unsuspecting friend.' Scarlet knew that something wasn't right there, but didn't question it too much. Two days later, a human named James was seen running towards the portal connecting their worlds, screaming something about a butter-yellow rapist that had tied him to his own bed. Fluttershy wasn't suspected by anypony other than Scarlet, but who would believe her over the Element of Kindness? Nopony. That's who.

Back to the present, Scarlet let out another yawn and slipped out of her chair. She landed on her hooves and began walking to the storage room, making sure it was free of ponies. She made a habit of checking because she had found a filly and a colt back there one day when she was locking up. They had apparently snuck in while she wasn't looking and were going to 'test out the merch', as they put it. She held them there while she used a phone she had bought from a human to contact their parents. The foals both got punished and Scarlet was given a few bits because she had saved their innocence. She reluctantly accepted the money and returned to her life.

Seeing the room was clear, Scarlet locked the door and checked the restrooms. Clear. She locked those rooms as well and headed for the front of the store. As she was turned around to lock the store doors, she felt a hand on her back. Heavy enough to be noticeable, but also light enough for it to feel creepy. She looked behind her, expecting to see some creepy, weird looking human, but she instead saw her best friend Adam. She smiled and pushed his hand away playfully. "Celestia! You almost gave me a heart attack! I thought about not even turning to look, but instead buck as hard as I could... I could have hurt you!" Scarlet looked to her friend with a sad expression and hugged him closely. She looked up and saw him with a smile on his face.

"Heh.. Did I succeed in at least scaring you this time?" Adam asked the mare that was currently hugging him. She looked up with a smile now on her face before shaking her head cutely.

"Nope! You did creep me out though... I thought you were going to be one of those creepy humans.. You know, the ones that always lurk in the shadows and stalk ponies?" Scarlet looked away, realizing that she might have insulted his species. When she felt a hand one her cheek, she turned back to him. Adam had a smile on his face and shook his head.

"Nah. You know me! I'm not that type of guy, although I do know a few people that wouldn't mind following you around at night.. I think it's probably best if we didn't stay here for too long. Lock up and I'll treat you to dinner." He smiled and motioned for Scarlet to lock the door. Once she had locked her store, she smiled and bound over to where Adam was standing. She trotted up beside him and looked at him with a smile.

"So, where are we going to eat?"

Adam grinned and shrugged. "Anywhere you want. I just got back from the casino in Appaloosa, I had been winning blackjack for the last few hours and I've got about seven million bits from my winnings, and a good gambler knows when it's time to quit. So, like I said earlier, choose anywhere you want to go eat. I can afford it." He had a smirk on his face when he saw the look of pure awe on hers. She was clearly impressed by his amount of bits, but tried not to let it show. Scarlet looked away with a smile on her face. It was beginning to hurt, smiling as much as she had. The mare looked around but didn't see any places that stood out to her. She looked to Adam and noticed he was deep in thought. She tugged on his sleeve and he jumped so high, you'd think he could touch the moon. Adam looked down at Scarlet and realized they were just standing in the street. He smiled. "Yeah? Did you pick where you wanted to eat?" She smiled and nodded her head a few times.

"Yeah! There's this really cool griffin place in Canterlot that I've been meaning to try out."

"Don't griffins usually eat meat? I thought ponies didn't, or couldn't eat meat." He looked to Scarlet with a curious stare, wondering why she'd want to eat at a place that served meat.

"Well, yeah. They eat meat. Pegasi eat meat too, just not other ponies. There's something about meat that helps our bodies in a way we can't describe. I also heard that humans eat meat too, so I thought, why not eat there?" Scarlet smiled once she was done talking and Adam just shrugged before they started walking towards the train station. Adam paid for two express tickets and they both got on, arriving two hours (and one nap from Scarlet) later. The two friends exited the train began walking to the place Scarlet was talking about. It had a name that she couldn't pronounce, and looked kind of like a renaissance-era bar.

Adam held the door open and Scarlet walked through. "Ooh... Such a gentlecolt! Those manners are hard to come by these days." Adam just smiled and looked around the restaurant, spotting an empty booth for them to sit in. A waiter soon came and looked at Scarlet curiously, probably wondering what a pony was doing at a place that served meat. He wasn't too surprised to see a human though, seeing as how most of his customers were humans now that the portal had been opened.

Author's Note

Sorry I haven't been working on this lately, I only just now realized that I hadn't written anything in a while. If you find any errors, please point them out so that I may fix them.

Also, I'll be making an edit to this chapter soon. So don't be too mad at me for leaving off. I wrote this at 5 in the morning and couldn't go on any longer.

Hope you all enjoy the story so far!