The Monster King

After entering his hotel room Jack sat down on one of the beds when he heard a ‘thump’ against the room’s sliding glass window.

“She’s finally here...” Jack muttered as he looked to the sliding glass window only to see a bat with charcoal-gray to blood-red fur slowly sliding down the glass before falling onto the patio and transforming with a puff of smoke.

A girl with charcoal-gray to blood-red shoulder-length hair, magenta eyes, ash-gray wings, elf-like ears; she was wearing a laced Gothic styled crimson, jet black colored dress with silver, black spiked bracelets with leather, a dark-brown leather jet-black block styled heels appeared after the smoke had cleared and rubbing her forehead.

“Are you okay Vlatka?” Jack asked after opening the sliding glass door and helping up his secretary.

“Y-yea, I’m okay” Vlatka replied as she dusted some dirt off of her skirt.

“Maybe you should invest in some glasses?” Jack teased, causing Vlatka to glare at him.

“I may be able to transform into a bat but that doesn’t make me as blind as one!” Vlatka scolded before pouting.

“Heh sorry, but anyway I’m gonna go to sleep. good night Vlatka” Jack replied before heading into the hotel room.

“Alright my king, have a good sleep; I’ll prepare your schedule for tomorrow!” Vlatka replied with a smile after heading into the room.

“Thank you Vlatka” Jack exclaimed before getting into bed.

“You’re welcome!” Vlatka replied before Jack nodded laying down in one of the beds and falling asleep.

Vlatka on the other hand was creating a mostly free schedule with the exception of a meeting with Princess Twilight Sparkle for lunch; after she was done Vlatka decided it was time for her to turn in for the night as well.

The next morning Jack woke up, cracking his back due to the somewhat uncomfortable hotel bed before turning to see that his secretary had turned into a bat while she was asleep.

Not knowing when Vlatka went to sleep Jack decided that he’d search around outside the hotel for some breakfast; once outside the building Jack began his search all the while wearing a coal-black colored overcoat that went down to just below his knees.

“Hmm, I heard there was a pretty popular bakery somewhere in Ponyville, maybe I’ll get Vlatka and I’s breakfast there...” Jack thought while looking around. “Course it’d help if I knew that name...”

While he was searching for Sugarcube Corner several of Ponyville’s inhabitants were carefully watching Jack while others either giving him nervous smiles or friendly smiles.

After walking around for a bit Jack found a building that looked like a giant gingerbread house and figured that’s Sugarcube Corner and entered after seeing some creatures enter and leave the bakery.

“Hello! Welcome to Sugarcube Corner, What can I get you?” A mare with a hot pink mane and tail asked from behind one of the counters. “Say...I haven’t seen you around before, are you perhaps new to Ponyville?”

“Yea, I’m currently waiting for my place to have some repairs finished before I can move in so I’m staying at a hotel with a friend” Jack replied after walking up to a counter.

“Oooo, I’m Pinkie Pie! What’s your name?” She asked after jumping several times.

“I’m Jack, nice to meet you” He replied before asking. “What are your specials?”

“That's a weird name, but anyway we have tons for this time of the year such as these pumpkin items: pumpkin, chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin crisp, pumpkin bread, pumpkin dump cake and S’mores pumpkin cupcakes!” Pinkie Pie listed after pulling a menu from her mane.

Upon hearing that some of the items had pumpkin Jack’s face went pale.

“Um is something wrong?” Pinkie Pie asked as she had noticed Jacks face gone pale.

“O-oh it’s j-j-just that I’m a-allergic to pumpkin!” Jack replied while sweating from the lie he had just told.

“Hmm...Okay! We’re also selling carrot cake muffins, walnut zucchini bread and cinnamon sweet potato doughnuts as part of the Autumn only specials!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed before adding. “And if you don’t want any of those, we also have apple fritters, sugar, cinnamon doughnuts, apple tarts and so much more!”

“Hmm, I’ll have two carrot cake muffins, two apple tarts and two blueberry doughnuts” He replied as Pinkie Pie placed Jack’s items into a box.

“Alright, that’ll be twelve bits!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed after placing the box on the counter.

“Wait...how’d you know it was to go?” Jack asked in confusion.

“Well I figured since you mentioned your living in a hotel with your friend and seeing how it’s breakfast time for most it would make the most sense for you to be bringing breakfast to your friend, also it’s because of my Pinkie Sense!” Pinkie Pie explained before giving a big toothy smile.

“Okay?...” Jack replied while giving Pinkie Pie the money he owed.

“Thank you! Have a good day!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as Jack started walking to the door.

“You to!” Jack replied before giving a wave and leaving the bakery.

While Jack was trying to navigate his way back to the hotel him and Vlatka are staying at his secretary had awoken.

“Mm why is everything bigger then it should be?...Oh wait I’ve turned into a bat again” Vlatka exclaimed before transforming back into her normal form when she realized that Jack was not in the room and started freaking out. “Oh no did something bad happen to him? W-what if an enemy had successfully kidnapped him, or worse!?”

While Vlatka was freaking out Jack had managed to find his way back to the hotel and entered the room him and Vlatka was staying at only to see that that his secretary was in the middle of a panic attack.

Vlatka’s freak out was stopped only when she heard Jack’s voice asking. “Are you okay?”

“M-my king are you okay?!” Vlatka shouted before running up to Jack and hugging him while crying. “I-I thought something bad had happened to you!”

“Don’t worry Vlatka, I’m alright! I was just getting us some breakfast” Jack explained while patting his secretary’s head.

“B-but my king what if the food’s poisoned?” Vlatka suggested after looking up.

“Vlatka did you forget I’m already dead? So even if it was poisoned it wouldn’t affect me, besides I got this from Sugarcube Corner” Jack explained before adding. “And I highly doubt the employees of that bakery would risk their job and or business just to poison me.”

“Good point...but how dare you make me worry!” Vlatka exclaimed before pouting.

Jack simply chuckled and placed the box on a nearby table.

“So then what did you get?” Vlatka asked after wiping away her teals and giggling.

“I got some apple tarts, carrot cake muffins and some blueberry doughnuts” Jack listed before opening the box and taking half of the contents and placing them on one of two paper plates that he had pulled out from his trench coat. “So then what’s today’s schedule like?”

“Well it’s mostly free except your lunch meeting with this kingdom’s ruler, Princess Twilight Sparkle and her royal advisor; but, after that your schedule is free” Vlatka explained as she put the rest of the breakfast items onto the other paper plate and taking a bite from the blueberry doughnut. “Mmm, these are good!”

“Thank you, and I know right! they’re nothing like what we have back home!” Jack replied after taking a bite from the carrot cake muffin.

“But my king, next time please let me know where you’re going so I know you’re safe!” Vlatka scolded before taking another bite from the doughnut.

"Alright Vlatka, I will" Jack replied along with a chuckle.