“I feel ridiculous,” Gilda grumbled, crossing her talons over the red and white striped shirt she had been made to wear. Along with the matching hat and apron, she fit right in with the current setting. Replacing where the shelves of drinks and snacks usually stood were numerous tubs of ice cream. The bar’s oak wood was coloured a bright white with a candy floss glass top. Each table was covered in a white table cloth making the bar more welcoming, as odd as that may be for a bar for villains.
Discord laughed skating across the countertop on ice cream cone skates. “Oh come now, I’m just spicing things up a tad.”
Gilda rolled her eyes twiddling with the ice cream scoop in her talon. “You could have spaced it up with a Mexicolt burrito party.”
“Well not everyone can eat meat here. Besides, I think Pinkie Pie had the right idea.” With A leap off the counter, Discord did a double flip in the air before landing with a crunch as his cones crumbled. Snapping his claw, he materialized a matching outfit onto himself Just as patrons started to flow in.
Chrysalis strolled over her head held high as her eyes scanned the shelves. “So what is Discord up to this time?” Flicking hair mane out of her eyes, her gaze fell upon one tub that had a pink heart on it.
“It’s ice cream you dork,” Gilda said leaning her talon upon the table. She’d serve these dweebs whatever ice cream they wanted, it was just a job after all. Gilda wasn’t the biggest fan of it herself.
With a flick of her hoof, Chrysalis bops Gilda on the beak. “A cat in desperate need of catnip,” she taunted taking her usual seat at the bar. Taking a second look at the tub, she pointed to it, licking her lips. “Hmm, I shall have that Hearty Loveberry.” Once Gilda had scooped out a bowl, the queen took a small bite. Her eyes went wide as she let out a happy little coo as she took another bite. “Mmm, it tastes like honeymoons.”
“Is that something that I’m too young to know about?” Cozy Glow asked, having just arrived mouth practically drooling at all the ice cream.
Gilda's smile grew laughing as Chrysalis coughed a little. “Well if it isn’t the silver-tongued filly.”
“Golly, I didn’t know there was an ice cream party,” Cozy squeed, the filly practically buzzing from the excitement. No silly parents to tell her not to eat too much before supper or nag her to brush her teeth. Not that she needed to be reminded, a perfect smile was all part of her facade. A cavity simply wouldn’t do. The filly planted her hooves upon a stool as she scanned the tubs making a rather cute scrunched face as she tried to choose what she wanted.
While the filly tried to choose, Sombra trotted on up dragging his tongue over his fangs as he admired the treats. Gilda smirked. “Let me guess, Crystal Beery?”
Sombra laughed while taking his seat. “No, for I desire the evilest, the most devious of flavours. A flavour that makes grown stallions weep, and little fillies tremble.” Green smoke flowed from his eyes as he continued to chuckle. Leaning closer to Gilda, his smile widened. “I want...black licorice!” From somewhere beyond the walls thunder roared.
Various gasps sound out around the room including Cozy who scrunched up her face. “Ew gross!”
The Storm King stomped his hand on his table. “Ha, he’s lying. No one likes that stuff. No way he is going to eat it.”
Sombra continued to chortle. “Tremble mere mortals haha!” Taking the spoon in his magic, he waits for the bowl to be set before him before taking a bite. Suddenly, his eyes went wide, his body starting to twitch. A moment later, his tongue hung out his head spasming before abruptly slamming his muzzle in the countertop and collapsing the floor in a heap.
While a few of the patrons laughed at the king’s misfortune, Nightmare Moon moved up next to Sombra giving him a light kick in the gut. “Pffft, drama queen,” she muttered, the irony not lost on her at all as she took her seat.
“So, what are you going to have?” Cozy asked, having not made up her own mind just yet.
“It has been such a long time since I’ve had ice cream,” Nightmare rubbed her hooves together.
“Oh? I thought the moon was made of ice cream,” Cozy teased sticking out her tongue.
Nightmare huffed rolling her eyes. “No, of course not.”
“Made of cheese,” Sombra sputtered with a bit of drool.
The queen on the night just thumped him in the chest again “Oh har har.”
Gilda drummed her claw on the counter looking towards Nightmare. “Let me guess, rocky road?”
Nightmare Moon playfully swats Gilda’s beak with her ethereal mane. “Close little bird, I wish to have cookies and cream.”
Cozy continued to hover as she listened and watched as Nightmare was served. “Oooh, that’s a good one but I still don’t know,” the filly tapped her chin groaning at her indecision. Spotting Tirek trotting over, she smiled. “Hey Mr. Tirek, what are you going to have?”
The centaur took his seat, the chair creaking beneath him. Resting a hand on the counter, he replied. “Starberry.” He smiled, amused by Cozy’s response.
“What? But that’s not evil at all.” Cozy put her hooves to her cheeks in a gasp.
“Woo said anything about ice cream being evil? It’s mostly sugar,” Tirek gestured with his hand to all the tubs. “Ponies love the stuff,” he added, soon taking a bite of his treat.
As the various patrons got served, the main door opened as a bright light filled the doorway as a new figure strolled in. Her long white legs caused her to tower over the rest of her mane, a fiery blaze flickering like embers in an unseen breeze.
Nightmare glared before looking back at Discord. “Discord! What is Celestia doing here?!”
Chuckling, Discord slid over to the dark princess putting his paw around her and gestured towards the other alicorn. “This is Daybreaker!” He declared dramatically as thunderclaps were heard. “Celestia’s dark side from Starlight Glimmer’s dreams to an alternate universe,” he seesawed his claw back and forth. “Give or take. I’m sure you two will get along...eventually.”
Daybreaker glanced about the room admiring the dark oak theme and resembling a wooden cottage of sorts. “How homey,” she muttered moving over next to Nightmare moon and nudging her orange shoe on her shoulder. “Hello, sister.”
“We are not sisters,” Nightmare spat, taking another bite of her ice cream.
“We might as well be,” Daybraker replied, giving a playful swat on the back of Nightmare’s head.
While patrons laugh at the interaction, Cozy had landed on the counter kicking her legs over the edge. “I like her,” she chimed with a smirk.
Daybreaker’s eyes were slowly narrowing as she looked at the filly. “And what exactly is a filly doing in such a dangerous place?”
Cozy rolled her eyes in response. “Pfft, this place is harmless besides I’m a villain too.”
“And pray tell, what makes you so devious?”
Cozy Glow’s grin widens. “Golly, where do I start? Twilight thinks Friendship is for making friends. But I learned that if you are super nice and manipulative ponies that they will do whatever you say.” She rubbed her hooves before fluttering up to Daybreaker’s ear and whispered her plan.
Daybreaker’s grin spread wide the more she listened soon laughing maniacally as Cozy finished. “Now that is true power! Ponies are but pawns to your will.”
Gilda rolled her eyes as she twirled the scoop. “Cozy Glow is crazy. Then again, who isn’t in this place.”
“I don’t know, you seem pretty normal to me Gilda,” Cozy replied.
“I’m here for the bits. Better dump than Griffinstone at least.” Gilda grumbled before looking at Daybreaker seeing the alicorn scan over the flavours. “Wild guess, you want hot fudge?”
The fiery alicorn rubbed her chin tapping her hoof upon the table in contemplation. A moment later, she smiled. “Hmm, a tempting offer but I know exactly what I shall have.” Dramatically leaning forward into Gilda’s beak she smirked. “I shall have...cheesecake flavour.”
Nightmare Moon suddenly burst into laughter baning her hoof upon the counter. “Haha, yes you are definitely Celestia’s dark side. Even you can’t resist the allure of cake.”
Sombra stirred faintly. “I like cake.”
Instead of another kick, Nightmare lifted the dark stallion to his hooves and put a hoof to his lips “shhh.” Placing him on one of the stools before looking back at Daybreaker and Cozy Glow. “So have you made up your mind yet little filly?”
Cozy Glow got her hooves and nodded. “Yeah, I think I got it now.” Turning to face Gilda she pointed. “I shall have Vanilla with sprinkles.” The filly was unsure why she heard ponies facehoofing behind her.