After thoroughly drying off, Nightmare Moon went to face Twilight Sparkle, and wound up joining her and the others for breakfast. It seems that at some point, either Chocolate Cherry or Caramel had managed to convince Twilight to stay long enough to join them for that. The three were already sitting at the table and talking.

Joining them, Nightmare ended up having one plain biscuit, one with honey butter, one with apple butter, one with strawberry jam, and one with grape jelly. During it, she also drank five large glasses of orange juice and had tried coffee. It was her conclusion that coffee was horrible and that ponies were insane for drinking it without anything.

There was some conversation as the four of them ate. It turned out that Caramel knew Twilight from Winter Wrap-up (which was something Nightmare would want to know more about another time) as well as from helping out from time to time at Sweet Apple Acres. Chocolate Cherry had moved to Ponyville after the coronation of Princess Twilight Sparkle, with the belief that a town with a new princess would experience economic and population growth ("which means more opportunities") and wanted to be one of the firsts to do so, and met Caramel here because he had a room for rent. After, Chocolate Cherry told Twilight Sparkle about meeting Nightmare Moon at the night club.

"Then we came back here and had sex," Nightmare Moon added.

The reaction it got from Twilight Sparkle was highly amusing, with her eyes going wide, cheeks turning pink and wings flaring out. It made Nightmare Moon highly tempted to tell Twilight all about it in very explicit detail just to watch the reaction. Unfortunately, judging from the look on Chocolate Cherry's face, she did not enjoy the idea of having her personal life shared either. As much fun as it would be to talk at length about that soft, plump, shapely rump, or that skilled tongue and watching how uncomfortable it made Twilight Sparkle, she did not really want to cause Chocolate Cherry to feel that way.

A fact that she kind of hated about herself.

Still, she chose to resume her breakfast and not elaborate any further.

After Caramel managed to get the conversation going again, the rest of breakfast went off fine. It was actually kind of amusing to think about. Two normal ponies, a princess and hero of Equestria, and a captured villain undergoing "rehabilitation" eating breakfast together like...

Friends.

Once breakfast was over, Twilight insisted that they really should get going. As they left, Chocolate Cherry mentioned that she was off Saturday before inviting Nightmare Moon to come again. That way they could hear a live DJ. She even extended the invitation to Twilight Sparkle to come along if she wanted.

A part of Nightmare felt relief at the invitation. If Chocolate Cherry was willing to extend such an invitation, then she was willing to see and spend time Nightmare Moon. If Cherry was upset about announcing they had sex earlier, it was not enough to end things between them.

Not that there was anything to end between them. Chocolate Cherry was a random earth pony that Nightmare Moon had met and had been willing to serve and service Nightmare. That was the extent of it for now. Perhaps some day after Nightmare was able to take over Equestria, she would make Cherry her official hoof-maiden slash sex toy. But for now, they were... newly made acquaintances.

Unless Chocolate Cherry was actually extremely upset and plotting to take some sort of revenge on Nightmare Moon. Perhaps something extremely humiliating that was to occur at the club where Nightmare would be her most humiliated seeing as there would be a great many ponies. Perhaps she would have to keep up her guard. Just in case.

As they walked down the street, Nightmare Moon caught Twilight Sparkle glimpsing her way. Nightmare tried to ignore it, but she got the impression that this was not going to be a quiet walk.

"So," Twilight Sparkle said, "it seems that you made some new friends last night."

"They are not friends," Nightmare Moon snapped, glaring for a moment. "Caramel I had met just this morning when I was --" she let out a groan "-- vomiting." Just the thought of it made her throat burn and tongue taste unpleasant.

"As for Chocolate Cherry, she was a devotee who wished to worship and service me however I saw fit."

"So you... had...uh..."

"Sex," Nightmare filled in. "Yes." As she watched Twilight blush and shift, looking away, a thought occurred to Nightmare. Perhaps it was something she could use to her advantage. Not in a massive way, but enough to at least make Twilight a little more uncomfortable for the time being.

"I find that I have enjoyed it quite a bit," she continued. "Perhaps if you tried it yourself, you would as well."

Nightmare had tried to say it as casually as she could, but she kept a careful watch. The wide eyes, pinned back ears, and bright blush were more than enough. She had to bite her lip to keep from smirking as her suspicions were confirmed.

"What makes you think that I..." Twilight started, still looking away. "That... That I'm... That I haven't..."

"Had sex?" Nightmare asked. "It seems to me that if you can't even say the word, it is more than likely that you have not actually experienced." She stopped and turned to face Twilight fully. "However, if I am wrong, simply look me in the eye and say so."

Twilight looked at Nightmare Moon, eyes narrowing, then huffed and looked away. It was amusing and kind of cute. Enough that it made Nightmare Moon grin and let out a small chuckle. Now all she had to do was set the bait and see if Twilight would take it.

"I'm sure that if you want," Nightmare said as she resumed walking "your... friend... would be more than willing to assist you." She took several steps, resisting the urge to turn her ears back toward Twilight to listen better.

"Wait," Twilight called out as she moved to catch up. "What? What are you talking about?"

Yes. She had fallen for it. Twilight's curiosity was getting the better of her.

"Do you not know?" Nightmare asked. "I thought that you did."

Twilight shifted, looking at Nightmare fully.

"Know? Know what? What are you talking about?"

"Oh come now," Nightmare huffed. "I have seen the way that you two have looked at each other. Ever since the two of you traveled with the others through The Everfree. I had assumed that the feelings between you were mutual. Really, I'm surprised that you two haven't gotten together sooner. Well... if I cared about such things..."

"Nightmare," Twilight growled, "who and what are you talking about."

"Perhaps I have said too much already," Nightmare replied. "After all, if neither of you have yet to say anything, it very well may be because you or she is nervous and not ready to make such an admission." She held up a hoof. "No need to say anything else, not to worry any more. I assure you that I shall not say another word regarding the feelings between you and your... friend."

Twilight opened her mouth, held it a moment, then shut it as she glared at Nightmare Moon. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath and slowly let it out.

To Nightmare Moon, this was great. It was a pretty good guess that Twilight was taking the breath to calm herself down. Even if she put it aside for now, it would come back to her later. If Twilight actually was as obsessive as Nightmare believed, then she would drive herself crazy trying to figure out which of her friends was romantically interested in her. Maybe Twilight would even try putting the moves on one of them.

How awkward it would be if that friend rejected her.

Nightmare hoped that she would get to see it.

After taking several more breaths and slowly letting them out, Twilight opened her eyes and looked at Nightmare Moon.

"Since you seem to be feeling better and not suffering the effects of a hangover," Twilight stated, "it seems like an opportune time to resume our tour and lessons from yesterday."

Nightmare Moon let out a groan of annoyance, rolling her eyes. She should have guessed that Twilight would be planning something like this. It was no surprise that a part of whatever it was Twilight intended would include lessons. Still, if Nightmare's claims were able to give Twilight Sparkle trouble later on, it would be worth whatever came next.

Mostly.

"So be it," Nightmare huffed. "Where are we to head now?"

"Sweet Apple Acres," Twilight answered. "It seems like a good place to learn one of the reasons why plunging Equestria into eternal darkness would be a bad thing."

Nightmare Moon let out a snort.

"Then we could maybe stop at Fluttershy's," Twilight continued. "Not only would it give her the opportunity to interact with you in a place she is both comfortable with and feels in control of, but it would be interesting to see if the creatures react to you any differently." She paused. "Then again, they have been exposed to Discord quite a bit since he became reformed. I doubt they will really act differently to meeting a former spirit that has been incarnated into a pony...

"Anyway, we should get going."

The pair of them resumed walking again.

Something suddenly occurred to Nightmare.

"You know," she said, "I am going to be seeing Cherry again this Saturday."

"Yes," Twilight replied. "I was there when she invited you."

"We're probably going to have sex again."

Twilight said nothing, her eyes going wide as she blushed again. She kept her gaze forward, staring straight ahead.

"If you want, I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you wanted to join us."

For a moment, Nightmare Moon expected that Twilight Sparkle's head would literally explode. Sadly that was not the case. Instead she got a rather entertaining bout of wide eyed sputtering. Nightmare could not help but laugh at the reaction.