Lavender Cloaked in Crimson

The following night came with hushed whispers as two equally disheveled mares were walking down the hall,

“Twilight, this must not get out or it’ll be a pr and hr nightmare, there will be misunderstandings and rumors that I am bedding my employees, worst of all, I don’t want to get the other employee’s hopes up.” Luna whispered tersely as she fixed their appearance with her horn alight muttering a few words to cast a spell.

“No, no I understand. I get the distinct impression that you're embarrassed of me, and what was that spell,” Twilight huffed nose pointed in the air

“Not so loud, Twilight and it's a small spell called neat and tidy, that uses your mental image of your clean and neat self, it's not taught often due to the possibility of the user making a mistake in their self image and scaring themselves or changing their coat or their mane colors,” Luna hissed and tried to look nonchalant as castle staff walked passed before leaning back over Twilight, “and no I am not embarrassed by you. I am just worried about your reputation and the fact that even if the papers don’t find out, my sister will and if she does you can say goodbye to any autonomy as she tries to “Ship us””

“Ship us?” Twilight inquired in confusion

“Make you my suitor,” Luna added looking around making sure she hadn’t been heard.

“Would that be a bad thing,” Twilight squeaked

“Well not for me, but it would for you, you’d be bound to me until you die.” Luna explained turning away and missing the blush on Twilight’s cheeks, then Twilight blinked as she fully processed what Luna had said,

“Wait till I die?”

“Twilight I am immortal, I have it on good authority that should i not be murdered I will last till time itself dies and possibly after that as well.”

“Sounds lonely,” Twilight muttered and leaned into Luna’s side

Luna let out a sigh, “it’s very lonely, Twilight,” Luna wrapped her right arm around Twilight,

“So what's on the schedule today?” Luna asked looking down at her,

“oh nothing major, just visiting Crimson Dusk, she is expecting us,”Twilight replied,

“that was today?” Luna asked incredulously

“yes,” Twilight answered with a smile

“well this should be a pleasant evening,” Luna deadpanned with a grimace forming on her lips.

After travelling to the castle of the two Sisters, Luna and Twilight knocked on the door it glowed and suddenly swung open, to reveal a massive portal was angled down and coming out of a macabre looking book. Writhing tentacles swung at a unicorn mare using a broom to shove the tentacles back into the portal, a loud distorted rumbling voice rocked the three mares, causing them to grab their heads, “ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!”

Luna donned her armor, however instead of her regular armor, it was now a bustier style breastplate and a metal thong with her normal folds, “and now I look like I belong in a Falcon Framehitter painting,” Luna muttered her cheeks burning red, looking over the change, she then shrugged. Unbeknownst to Luna Twilight was dealing with her own problems, namely the nosebleed she was now suffering. Curse my neighponese constitution! Where's the tissue!?

Meanwhile Luna charged, roaring at the abomination and slicing tentacles off, including the one that had picked up Crimson Dusk,

Up close Luna noted the mare, who she assumed was Crimson Dusk. She shorter than Twilight, her skin was pale and her mane was long and tied into a ponytail, it was burnt orange and crimson red.

Twilight noticed a tentacle was preparing to lunged for Luna while she was distracted, Twilight’s eyes narrowed and conjured her nihonto(japanese sword) her daito(longsword) she held the sheath and the grip and rushed into the way of the attack, drawing Luna’s attention, Twilight quickly drew her sword and launched into a flurry of slashes over the tentacle that was now frozen in place. Returning it to its sheath after her attack, as soon as the tsuba(round hand guard) clacked against the sheath, the tentacle and those near it broke apart into cubes of diced meat. As they hit the floor they dissolved into a disgusting miasma of greens blacks purples and browns undulating and shifting.

Twilight drew three ofuda charms from her cleavage and threw them at the portal, she closed her eyes and put her index and middle finger up on her left hand and her ring and pinkie down leaving her thumb pointed towards her and mirrored the hand gesture with her right hand clamping them together like with the right index and middle fingers under the left handed ones. Her horn glowed and the charms glowed, the creature. If it indeed can be called that, shrieked and withdrew into the portal closed behind it. The macabre book fell to the work table below it, Crimson Dusk rushed to gather the book and cradling it in her arms.

“Crimson Dusk, We presume?” asked with her left eyebrow raised, Crimson hid the book under her body as she turned around,

“Yes, I am Crimson Dusk, I thank you for your assistance. We don’t have much time so I’ll be blunt, unfathomable creatures have risen again, drawn out to revel in the coming of an even greater group of creatures, one that only this book can stop!”

"Wait there are more of those things!?" Twilight cried out in surprise.

"yes, in his house at R'lyeh dead cthulhu waits dreaming, the being they seek to restore."

"but for now, they are contained by experts." Crimson added as she guided them to a tea room.

"so tell us about yourself," Twilight asked

"what's there to tell? I lived in Trotsylvania, as its count and looked after my subjects as befitting a mare of my station," Crimson explained with a shrug.

After a few hours of rather mundane conversation, mainly gossip and information sharing. Twilight and Luna left bellies full of tea.

There was a creak from the rooms door, "you know you're going to have to tell her you know?" Crimson said in response

The figure scoffed, "and tell them what?"

"you can start with who you are," Crimson turned to face the shadowed figure

"I am the Reaper until Lulu can remember me,"

"and how can she do that when that remnant of Discord managed to seal her memories away and made every pony like you." Crimson Retorted

"it's better if she discovers it by herself,"

"Stop being coy, you know full well you're stalling doing it because you're scared she won't remember you, Rin. And what of your and Clover's descendant, Twilight. "

"okay, geez! I'll tell them!" the figure stepped into the light, revealing a tall silver white haired woman with twin tails in her hair and really dark skin a red half coat hung from her belt like a skirt.

“The Reaper can’t protect Equestria on her own,” Crimson added finally before taking her tea and leaving the room.