Snaggletooth wore his usual grin as he walked over to Dusk, handing over a small notebook, which she quickly took in her magic.
"Oh thank you, now I only need a p- oh." She begun, stopping as she saw Snaggletooth holding out his right hand, which held a large feather pen, winking at her as he opened his left revealing a small ink bottle.
"Snaggletooth you pathetic worm, explain yourself now!" Meri growled, grabbing dusks goblet and holding it towards him.
"Whatever do she mean?" He gave a nonchalant shrug as she grabbed the collar of his clothes in her magic, dragging him towards her only centimetres from her masked muzzle.
"This! You said you were out of pegasus blood!" She growled, baring her fangs at him and shaking both the goblin and the goblet.
"No Meri wanted equine and ol' snaggletooth just happened to find a bag." He said, grinning wider than ever at seeing meri fuming with anger over his little mischief.
"I swear if you hadn't been the servant of Half-Dead I-" She begun again, only to be silenced by a long green finger against her lips and for the first time since Dusk met the goblin his grin faltered.
"Apapap Scourge, S-c-o-u-r-g-e, even Snaggletooth remembers that." Snaggletooth scolded her, holding his finger against her lips and shaking hishead at her, only for a second later his grin came back and he pointed with his other hand towards the door.
"Scourge also tell Snaggletooth to get masked pony to Scourge room."
"Don't touch me again filth." She spat, batting away the goblins hand with her hoof, nodding her head towards Dusk who sat silent looking very uncomfortable watching the two fight.
"What about Dusk then?"
"Scourge did not say, but Snaggletooth will keep company yes." He shrugged, walking over and standing next to Dusk patting her on the shoulder.
"Hmpf I will go see lord Scourge, we will continue this later." Meri snorted, giving the goblin what could only be described as a look of death, walking out of the room closing the door with an angry slam.
"O-okay." Dusk mumbled as the door slammed shut, rubbing her leg a bit in awkward silence.
"Now Dusk have time to write" Snaggletooth leaned in and whispered in her ear after a few minutes of silence.
"Oh right, sorry." Quickly grabbing the feather in her magic dipping it in the ink and quickly scrawling down what they had spoken about.
"Uhm Snaggletooth?"
"Yes?"
"What was all that about?" She asked, still looking down at the small notebook scrawling away.
"What was what?" He asked back with a raised eyebrow.
"Well the Half-Dead part and will you be okay? Meri seemed almost ready to kill you there." Putting down the feather, looking at the goblin with concern and a bit of curiosity, also getting her first really good look at the little goblin, small and greenish-yellow skin, large ears and eyes, wearing what she could only see as a mix of different cloths and rags sewed togheter to form a sort of tuxedo like clothing.
"Touching that a pony feels for Snaggletooth, even though he is filth." He grinned, putting a hand on his chest and wiping away a non existant tear.
"Hey come on you aren't filth, you can't possibly believe that?" She said, levitating away the notebook towards the table in the room and turning her attention completly on him instead.
"Ah yes, Snaggletooth knows his place in pony lands and he will serve Scourge." He answered, holding up a finger and walking around Dusk in a circle.
"You mean Equestria right?" She asked, putting her hoof at her chin thinking about it for a second before it clicked.
"Oh and about the Half-Dead part?"
"Yes, yes Equestria the where ponykind live free and happy." He nodded, wringing his hands, walking over to where she had put down the notepad, picking it up and eyeing through it.
"Writing is well, your motorics is well and function."
"Oh well uhm thanks?" She said, as he tossed the notebook over to her, catching it in her hooves.
"And the question?"
"But sloppy e." He coughed, picking up one of the goblets and taking a quick sniff of it, shrugging and running a finger inside it and putting it against his tongue.
"Snaggletooth..."
"But c and k is nice yes." He nodded, walking over to the other goblet shaking out the last drops with a disgusted face.
"Fine if you don't want to answer just say so." She frowned, crossing her forelegs with a huff, annoyed at him refusing to answer her questions.
"Soo uhm have you served Scourge long?"
"Hmm? ah yes very long, 10 of the years of ol' Snaggletooth, less goo than last master." Putting a finger to his chin for a moment in thought, balancing both goblets in his other, tossing them lightly into the air as he sifted through his memory.
"Less goo?" She repeated, grimacing and beginning to regret she asked.
"Yes yes last master had too much blood guts and bone, the breaky kind." He shook his head and made a motion with his hands which could only be taken as either breaking a stick or in this case a bone.
"I uh maybe I shouldn't have asked." Feeling incredibly uncomfortable as the goblin did some more motions, some looking more like he was scooping icecream, but going after what he was talking about she really didn't want to imagine what he was thinking about.
"Hehe Dusk has no idea, but as she wishes no old memories about old master." Snaggletooth grinned as he stopped the motions, getting enough enjoyment watching Dusks unease.
"Thanks."
"But forget about ol' Snaggletooth, how is Dusk faring? hmm? she look much better than earlier yes?" Putting down the goblets on the floor and jumping up onto the chair oposite of Dusks, crossing his legs and staring intently at her.
"Well yes, after the eh blood I don't even feel the chest pain and it feels my head is clearer too, but was it really true about the equine blood?" Smiling at him and touching her chest.
Snaggletooth nodded and smiled at that, holding up a finger as he begun to speak.
"Yes, all true but Snaggletooth see next question, no it was not a dead equine only bloodbags, yes from ....Snaggletooth forgot the name of hospital." Slowly stroking his chin in thought.
"Oh okay that's good...." Dusk mumbled, fiddling a bit with her hooves.
"Yes? Snaggletooth see another question gnawing her."
"Have I really been with Scourge long?" Rubbing her neck not sure she should really ask the question.
"....Dusk has doubts?" Snaggletooth asked, raising an eyebrow at her.
"Well kind of, this whole thing seems wrong the more I think and feel about it." Throwing out her hooves motioning all over the place.
"Dusk speaks of her second life?" He asked, letting his grin falter a bit.
"Yes! drinking blood and this place! no memories other than today! yet I know about things like Equestria, the princesses, it all just feels so wrong.... like it really isn't me." Throwing up her hooves and rubbing her head, messing up her mane, taking a few shuddering breaths before looking at Snaggletooth again.
"This was...sudden, been gnawing Dusk whole time yes?" Snaggletooth blinked, a bit taken aback at her sudden outburst, stroking his chin for a few seconds before the grin returned.
"Dusk, Snaggletooth does not know what Scourge told her, but is expected after hard revival."
"Yes I know he said something about it being confusing and I think everything will come back, but for now- I- when I drank that equine blood ... something happened...." She said, shaking her head slightly looking down at her hooves.
"Dusk....do not worry, look at Snaggletooth." Snaggletooth let his grin drop completly, getting down from the chair and taking one of her hooves in his hands, looking her straight in the eyes unblinking.
"Snaggletooth has been long in the works so very very long, Dusk is not the first to feel wrong, Snaggletooth has had many like Dusk yes, one even went mad, it was first vampire Snaggletooth served." Shaking his head at the memories.
"Oh w-what happened to him?" She asked, surprised to see the goblin looking at her so intensly.
"Never told Dusk it was a he, still fifty fifty chance yes, terrible terrible." Shaking his head once again before his grin returning in full force.
"But the good doctor found use of the mad one, let it leave at that."
"But Snaggletooth repeats it will be okay." Licking his lips and patting her on the head.
"Trust Snaggletooth."
Closing her eyes for a moment and taking a deep shuddering breath.
"I-okay you have the experience." She nodded at him.
"Good, good" He muttered, turning around and being silent for a moment before glancing back at her and asking.
"....so has Dusk tried vampire magic yet?"
"What? no we haven't gotten that far yet, only history and some rules."
"Wish to try? to get mind of the bad?" He asked, picking up the chair he sat on earlier and moving it out of the way, making some room for the practice.
Shaking her head quickly and stuttering out.
"W-what? no no I can't, I don't know how and haven't learned enough!"
"Ah ah Snaggletooth see in Dusk eyes, the need! the curiosness! the wan't!" Shaking his finger and grinning bigger than ever.
"B-but I can't i jus... oh who am i kidding I so wan't to!"
"Goood goooood now we start easy." Rubbing his hands togheter and pulling out a plastic bloodbag from behind holding it up for Dusk to see.
"Easy blood drinking Snaggletooth will now teach, any questions?"
"Where did you keep that?"
"Question time over, now stay there and Snaggletooth open bag." Putting down the bloodbag on the table and giving a quick cough.
"Now listen it is open here, now Snaggletooth want Dusk to focus on the blood, get in head that Dusk demand it in her mouth." He finished poining at the ground where she should stand, using his other hands nail to pierce the bag.
"Okay I will try." Taking a deep breath and placing her hooves steady on the floor and rolling her neck.
"Fooocus." Snaggletooth hissed in her ear, putting his long fingers on the side of her head, making sure she didn't turn away from the bloodbag.
"Im trying."
"If Dusk is speaking back to Snaggletooth she is not doing it." He snorted, flicking her on the muzzle.
"JUST focus on blood, demand it to come to Dusk mouth and suuuuuck!"
"....Ehm." Was all she managed to get out blushing a bit.
"Yes yes snaggletooth heard it too, just do it." He said, rubbing the bridge off his nose and shaking his head.
"Okay second try..." Closing her eyes for a moment trying to focus on the smell of blood reaching her nostrils, slowly opening them and taking a deep intake of air, managing to get a few drops to fly towards her, dropping the focus she had in surprise, causing the drops to land soundlessly on the floor.
"This...is what Snaggletooth likes!" Blinking a few times and wringing his hands.
"I-I actually did it!" She smiled meeting Snaggletooths eyes.
"Yes! and Snaggletooth think Dusk deserve whole bag." Snaggletooth laughed, walking over to the chalices again, grabbing one of them and walking back over to the open bloodbag.
"Here enjoy." Doing a low bow and holding out the chalice for her.
"Thanks, but you do not need to bow and all that, it just feels...wrong." Taking the chalice in her hooves taking a few greedy gulps, licking her lips and enjoying the silence and taste for a moment, straightening up all of a sudden and freezing mid motion to another mouthfull of blood.
"Dusk?" He asked, seeing her freeze up and perking her ears.
"I-I think I hear singing....or growling."
"Singing or growling? .....oh no." He groaned.
"What? who or what is it that is coming?" She asked, only to late as the doors flew open at the fattest and biggest stallion she could ever imagine squeezed through the door.
"I dug one thousand holes and cut a rug out of orphan foals *hnngng* now memories are blurred and their faces are obscured but I still know the words of this sooong!" The huge stallion bellowed, flopping down on the floor as he managed to squeeze through the doorway.
"Orson...." Snaggletooth groaned, hiding his face in his hands.