"Would you like some tea?" Celestia asked over her own cup.
"What? You're not going to have me serve you breakfast?" he asked with mocked surprise.
"As much as I'd like to see what your skills are in a kitchen, I highly doubt the staff would be happy if you mingled with their work." Celestia replied with a small smile, "Not to mention I'd rather not put you in a room full of sharp knives and open fires..." she whispered.
He raised an eyebrow, "Then what do you want me to do?"
"I'd like to enjoy a simple conversation over a nice breakfast." she replied, "Now, would you like some tea?"
"I'd rather have some coffee..." he mumbled tiredly as he took some toast.
He looked up in time to see Luna enter the dining hall, she looked just as tired as he felt.
"Good morning sister." Celestia greeted her with a happy voice, "How was your night?"
"The same as always..." she mumbled as she took her own seat next to her sister. Luna gave the necromancer a glance, "So, you really made him come?"
"I did." Celestia replied with a small smile.
"I was surprised you managed to raise the sun on time." Luna said as she poured herself some tea, "I would have thought you'd oversleep and I'd have to do it again."
"Again?" the necromancer snickered, "Does she always sleep in on mondays?" Celestia blushed.
Luna gave him a disapproving look, "I'll have you know that our duties are very strenuous, to raise the sun every morning is no simple task."
He laughed, "Don't I know it..."
"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked with suspicion.
"He did something very foolish this morning." Celestia replied uneasily.
"Why doesn't that surprise me?" Luna sipped from her cup, "I take it this is somehow related to the frogs sitting in the hallways?"
Celestia gave the necromancer a glare, "You promised they'd return to normal."
"After a few minutes... give or take an hour." he put on an innocent smile, "I do tend to get the timing a bit off when doing things hastily."
She shook her head, "Hearing that I'm actually surprised you didn't kill yourself earlier."
Luna looked up in surprise, "Kill himself? Why? What else did he do?"
Celestia seemed about to change the subject, but the necromancer interrupted her.
"I..." he struck a proud pose and waved his hands around dramatically with a piece of toast wedged in the corner of his mouth, "Raised the sun."
Luna stared at him for a moment before turning to Celestia in disbelief, "Please tell me this is a joke."
"If only it were..." Celestia replied with a sigh.
At this moment the doors to the dining hall were opened again and a pink alicorn with a bathroom robe walked in with happy strides, "Good morning everypony." she piped happily, "Isn't it a beautiful..." she stalled as she saw him sitting at the table, "Who are you?"
"I'm Celestia's new love toy. Wanna have a practice round?" he said with a casual voice.
Celestia sighed in annoyance, "Cadence, this is the necromancer. Necromancer, this is my niece, princess Mi Amore Cadenza."
Cadence stared at him, "So... what is he?"
"I'm a slave." he muttered grimly as he munched on his toast.
"He is a guest." Celestia corrected him with a frown.
"He is a plight..." Luna muttered over her tea.
"I'm awesome." he gave her a wink, "And don't you think I didn't see what you were doing with the hands."
There was a spray of tea as Luna nearly choked on her drink, making him burst out laughing.
"Seriously though, I could probably make you a set of your own if like them so much."
Luna blushed, "You... you could?"
"Please let us not talk of this at the breakfast table..." Celestia interrupted with a frown, her glare telling him not to say anything inappropriate before Cadence.
"Uhmm... okay?" Cadence replied unsure of herself and took her seat, "So... Mr. necromancer... Are you enjoying this fine morning?"
"I fail to see what's so good about it..." he muttered, "I don't usually wake up for another four to six hours at this time."
"So you're a night person?" Cadence tilted her head, "Aunt Luna is too, I'm sure the two of you could have a lot of fun together."
"I sincerely hope not." Luna replied with a frown.
"Meh..." was his only reply.
"Could you pass me the butter?" Cadence asked with an innocent smile, but before he could give a reply, the doors to the dining hall were thrown open and a unicorn in armor stormed in.
"Good morning, captain." Celestia greeted him with a warm smile.
"Good morning, princess." he turned to Cadance, "Good morning, dear." before turning to the necromancer with an angry glare, "Are you the one who's been turning my guards into frogs?!"
The necromancer raised an eyebrow, "Why? Would you prefer sheep? I could probably do butterflies too..."
"I'd prefer it if you didn't at all! Do you know how many schedules I had to redo because the guards scheduled were hopping around croaking? Not to talk of the mental trauma caused when they ate flies by reflex! I demand an apology!"
The necromancer stared at him for a short moment before turning to Celestia, "Who's this cunt?" now it was Cadence's turn to nearly choke on her piece of toast.
"Watch your tongue!" the unicorn stepped up close to him, "You're in the presence of royalty! I am captain Shining Armor, and I refuse to allow vermin such as you are to simply..."
"Do you like goldfish?" the necromancer interrupted him with a small smile.
Shining Armor drew back in surprise, "What? What the hell is wrong with you? Are you insane?" he grabbed the necromancer by his collar, "Are you making fun of me?"
Celestia was about to intervene, but then she saw the necromancer's hands flare up, "Oh no..."
There was a loud crack and a flash of light. When their eyesight had returned, Shining Armor was gone. The necromancer however, was wearing a big grin and holding up a squirming goldfish in his fingers, "I just love goldfish so much... they're just so calming to look at." he placed it in a glass of water, "There you go little fellow... much better."