Storm inside of Barbershop

by CaioCoia

It's opening.

The mornings in Canterlot are usually calm and peaceful in most part of the city, as the nobility focused on walking around their companies and jobs, they actually forgot the ponies who isn't fortunate the same as them, a little community where ponies of medium and poor resources of bits lived through the hard work but a happy job on their days. The sun was just peeking over the horizon and the air was just starting to lose the crisp taste of the night.

As the pony wearing his usual white uniform combined with the colors of his blue fur and night blue mane, the stallion examined the barbershop once again before opening in the morning. The inside was much what anypony would expect. Brightly lit, linoleum floors, yellow walls, a few barber chairs, a few photographs of ponies in black and white, and one in special was a big painting on the wall that looked like a photograph of 2 stallions and 2 foals. A set of benches lined the right wall so that patrons could wait and socialize, while the left was taken up by a massive mirror. Tucked in the corner was an old cash register that was been there for 15 years. The stallion looked at the cleaned barbershop as he finally gave a sigh once again as he looked at the big painting on the wall.

"You already know that your father would support any kind of decision you think about the future." The voice coming from behind made Night Light react quickly and look around the pony who was behind him... It was an elder pony who seemed to be in his 50ths the dark blue fur was covered with the dark grey uniform around him, as he had his glasses and a big dark blue afro on his mane. "Shining Light had this shop to help the foals over these streets to find their own voice and their own dreams, including yours. You are almost graduating from the major you ever wanted to be... So why are you still with your ass down as like you just got cheated by an ugly mare?"

The snarky comment from the stallion made Night Light chuckle.

"Yeah... I think so. You always know what to say, uncle Spike. What are you doing at this hour of the morning? I thought you would be here in 1 hour." Night Light looked at the clock over the wall, as the older stallion shrugged himself as he went back to sit on the corner of what would be a barber chair but different from the others, it seemed more rustic and it seemed to be used just by the elder stallion and no other pony.

"If I tell you I had a fight with Flower Breeze and I left my home before she started throwing things at me..."

"Again?" Night Light interrupted his uncle but then rolled his eyes. "Of course, you would do it again, you and she are like fire and wood, a little spark and could create an entire forest in the fire. This kind of romance of yours is always a mystery for me."

"Well, if you want to complain so much about my lovely wife, why don't you go to find yours then? And when you have your fights and your moments you can bring your ass to me and say I was right." The elder once again replied with a snarky comment, opening his newspaper and reading quietly, leaving Night Light to roll his eyes and smile at his own uncle.

Sighing as he looked at the picture over the wall again, he couldn't help but feel nostalgic over how much he missed his father.

"I know that astronomy has been my dream since I was a foal. But this shop has 40 years old of legacy. My grandfather gave this shop to my father and to you. And now since my father is gone, it's my turn to continue the legacy of this barbershop." Night Light walked to his uncle as the old stallion looked at the picture with him.

"Yeah, but this legacy isn't only yours Night Light. When the time comes, you need to think about what you want to do with your dreams... If you want to give up this tartarus place and follow your dreams. You don't need to worry about me, I'm doing my best to make sure that my foals would learn how to cut mane the same way as your father did to you. But you need to understand one thing Night... No matter what you decide, I will always be there for you..." Spike tapped the head of his nephew who smiled once again and gave a hug to him.

"Thanks uncle. But try not to make everypony crazy when I get out alright?" Night Light said as the old stallion scoffed.

"You cannot make an old stallion promises something that you know that he will not keep. You cannot censor the truth." Spike once again said as he walked on the backroom, leaving Night Light smiling at his uncle who always kept this way.

"Never changes uncle, never changes."

Night Light went over the front of the door and exchanged the sign of closed to open as he took his broom and swept the floor in front of the street. The look of the barbershop wasn't anything too fancy, just a humble salon in the middle of two other businesses like a sandwich. The glass showed a good view from the inside of the barbershop, and the corner of the glass was the red, white, and blue barber pole and the sign hanging over the door proudly bearing the title "Noise Barbershop" under a giant pair of scissors. With a casual flick of his hoof, the barber pole spun to life in front of the shop. The red, white, and blue stripes danced an endless waltz that could only signify one thing... the barbershop was opened and ready for business.

As passed a few minutes cleaning the front of the barbershop, Night Light watched a few ponies approaching, a light grey unicorn with a small afro mane and a black tail combining a good mix of his style, as his walk with a posture of someone who has his air over his head, as he remains to talk with the other two ponies who seemed deeply annoyed by the way as he talks.

One other pony who was just doing his best to ignore was a black unicorn with a black bandana over his head, covering just his forehead as his dread mane was enough to cover the behind part of the bandana a silver necklace and a black shirt which was written: I know who I am.

And the other unicorn was a mare a peach fur as her golden color mixed with rusty brown straight mane was covering part of her back, as she was clenching her teeth almost wanting to hit the pony on her side.

"I swear to goodness Flimsy Hooves if you don't shut up right now. I will beat the crap of you that you will wish that you haven't opened your mouth today." The mare was glaring at the stallion who seemed to didn't care about what the mare was saying.

"I'm just saying that you both should try to find a better education from the new program of unicorns on the university, this way you can make a major without needing to pay so much expensive fees." Flimsy with his pamphlets were given to the others who seemed so annoyed that even used their magic to grab the pamphlets and launch them on their backs.

"Flimsy, we got it that you want us to go to the university like you always wanted to do. But this is the 10 bucking time you are telling us. And looking at Parry Strike, she was going to make you feel her hooves in no time." The other unicorn rolled his eyes, as his bandana covered most part of his mane, and went straight to the owner of the barbershop. "Sup boss."

"Rich Tail. Parry, Flimsy." Night Light said as all the workers passed through the door.

"Good morning, Night." Parry smiled, even she gave a final glare at her coworker who seemed to roll his eyes.

"Good morning boss. I was trying to make sure that the others would follow our example as we try to take a better education over our future." Flimsy as he always had his air of superiority over his coworkers, he actually didn't have a bad heart, but he is known how to annoy anypony when he wants to.

"I know what you do is praiseful Flimsy, but you gotta have a better look into your flank, but you already can tell Parry is ready to shover her foreleg into your plot." Night said as he could see Flimsy shrives himself and using both of his hooves to cover his ass.

"Yeah, better I stop when I'm still winning." Flimsy decided to remain quiet, as he walked inside of the barbershop.

"Now where is he? Oh, there he is." Night Light looked around until he saw a pegasus making out with a unicorn mare as his hooves grabbed her ass, as she was giving a tongue wrestling with him. As he walked over in front of a couple Night Light tapped the shoulders of the unicorn. "Aright Romeo, let's go to the job, you can make it out with your mare tonight. Now it's time for work."

"Alright Night. Sorry, dear. My time has come." The white pegasus with red mane kissed the hoof of the unicorn mare one last time, and both hear the mare giggle as they turn their backs to her.

"Okay Fire Flight, which district of Canterlot she is from?" Night Light asked as both of them walked inside of the barbershop.

"Oh, she is from south of here. I have to say, she can make any stallion feel magic on her bed. Damn, I love unicorns. I have to say, someday I will move from Cloudsdale and live here." Fire Flight said as he took his grey uniform and prepared himself, Flimsy rolled his eyes.

"You and your desire to have sex with all the unicorn mares of Canterlot. I don't know why you never even tried to make it up with a pegasus." Flimsy commented..

"Woa...woa, woa, woa." Everypony over the barbershop looked at Flimsy in disbelief, not believing what he just said... It took one more second before he realize his mistake.

"Oh shit. I didn't mean to sound like that, did it sound racist?" Flimsy noticed that wasn't what he meant it, as Fire Flight was almost getting pissed off.

"Yeah, you did." Night Light raised his hooves before the situation would even start to get bad. "Flimsy, you need to be careful on what you say, the way you said it makes you look like a racist, it's a dangerous question you are asking him."

"Yeah, and why I just take unicorn mares is just my own fucking busyness. You should focus in lay down yourself." Fire decided to prepare his tools, as he said that.

"Ohhhhhhh." Parry and Rich commented from behind, making Flimsy roll his eyes.

"Har, har, har." Commented the smart stallion, as the group once again prepared themselves for another day of work.

"What the Tartarus is going on over here?" Spike Light walked over as the group looked at the old stallion walk to his old chair. And sit down over the rest of the day. "I didn't even lay my blue ass over the chair and you already was starting to make a tantrum over here?"

"It's over Spike, let it go." Night Light said once again as he firmly stated and looked at everyone's face, which they snorted and got back to their work. "That's more like it. Now let's open the barbershop. I just hope that nothing to crazy would happen over this week... Again."

And that's how it started another chaotic week over the barbershop of madness.