A few days passed, and it was in the middle of the day. Nightmare Night has officially arrived. Of course, nopony was out in their costumes yet, for they would save that when the eerie night comes this very day. Meanwhile, Luke was in the cottage, and when he walked passed Fluttershy's room, he noticed something odd. The yellow pegasus was pulling some sheet, and covered it under her bed, and pulled out some pillows, snacks, and a few books to go with it for an unknown reason. Feeling More than curious, Luke slowly went in her room to see what this was all about
"Hey Fluttershy, what are you up to?" the human asked her
Fluttershy made a small yelp of surprise and accidentally bumped her head under the bed. "Ouch." Luke went to her aid to see if she was alright. "I'm okay, i'm okay." she said. "Anyway, I was just... preparing myself for Nightmare Night. That's all. You see, I- I'm a little terrified of the holiday. Well, not as much as I used to be, but still a little scared of it."
Luke didn't quite know what to think of this. "By hiding under the bed for the rest of the night until it ends?" he asked
She nodded a yes with a small smile. "Uh-huh. It makes me feel safer and comfortable when I am under my bed on Nightmare Night. I have snacks, books, and many of my critter friends will keep my company."
"Hmm. Have you ever celebrated Nightmare Night before?"
"I have. It was... actually very fun. I had a good time with all my friends, and I even set up a really scary event at the maze in Sweet Apple Acres with Granny Smith."
His eyes went wide in surprise. "Really? How did you scare the others?"
A sly smirk appeared on her face. "Well, Angel of course helped me."
"Figures."
And Fluttershy told Luke about the big scare on a Nightmare Night that happened in the last year before this one. She told him about how much of a big scare she caused with her plan. On and on, Luke was feeling very impressed by this. A sweet pony like Fluttershy creating something so scary, so frightening, and mibd-blowing like that. "I scared them real good."
"Heh, I should say so. Very well done, Fluttershy." Luke congratulated. "You really know how to make stuff scary."
She flushed a crimson red on her cheeks. "Aww, you're too sweet." She said. "Well, I don't think I would want to do that again. It's just... not my cup of tea."
Luke immediately frowned. "Oh come on, you handled it so amazingly. You had potential within you. Look, if you don't want to scare anyone anymore I understand. But, I think you should celebrate this year. It will be fun, and I have a good idea for a costume I would want to wear tonight."
While thinking, Fluttershy liked how she would normally stay in the cottage at this one day this time of year. Yet again, this is Luke's very first Nightmare Night of his life. And of course she thought of how much fun she had last year. Finally coming to conclusion, she decided "Well, okay. My friends will celebrate it as usual, and you like this kind of holiday."
The human smiled. "I do. In home, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays of the year, next to Christmas of course. About my costume, it might require Rarity's assistance, if she is up to the task."
"Of course, Rarity can design anything. What would you like to be?"
"A creature named Kit Fisto, from the Star Wars Movies."
"What does he look like?"
Luke pulled up his phone so he can show her the Jedi that he showed Cloudchaser, Rumble, Flitter, and Thunderlane. Like them, she was intrigued by how this character looked. "Oh my, that looks terrific."
"Do you think Rarity can do this? like with the makeup the actor is wearing with the beady eyes and all?"
"Rarity can sure try. As a matter of fact, she should be arriving here soon."
"Parfait! (Perfect!) When will she be here?"
It was just then a sing-song voice was heard from downstairs. "Hello! Anypony home?" It was Rarity coming inside, as Fluttershy suspected.
"Nevermind." Luke remarked. "Found her." then both of them went downstairs to greet Her personally. Turns out their other friends were with her as well. "Hello, guys." Luke said, getting himself some iced root beer as usual.
"Hi, Luke." they all replied back to him.
"Hello girls, Spike. What brings you all here?"
"We just wanted to know if you would like to come with us for some Nightmare Night fun again like last year." said Pinkie with excitement. "Oh just think of the candy we will have together! the chocolate, the gummy bears, gummy worms, gumdrops, lemon drops, so good!"
"Well... I don't know. I would rather prefer to stay her tonight like I would always do." said Fluttershy. After hearing that, her friends seemed less than thrilled.
"Aw, come on." Spike said. "I thought you like it now?"
"Of course I do, Spike." said Fluttershy. "But like I said before last year, it's not really my cup of tea."
'We remember you saying that." said Twilight flatly.
"Well.... yet again. Luke will celebrate it." Fluttershy said, rethinking her decision over. "And, I would like to show him what the holiday is like, and it would be fun if Luke was spending time with me." And it was just then her mind was made up. "You know what, I think I will spend time with you guys this year."
There was a tremendous uproar from her friends, more than happy to hear her final decision. "Awesome!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed while hovering. "So what kind of scary stuff are you gonna do this year?"
"Goodness, I don't know if I would want to go the far. I remember last year where I almost made Rarity cry from my plan."
"No, don't be ridiculous, darling. I wasn't crying at the last moment." And she saw Applejack, looking quite skeptical.
"Oh really?" She said with a raised eyebrow. "How can I not forget about that moment?"
Feeling a little annoyed, Rarity said "Well I wasn't actually bawling!" She said in a rather assertive tone of voice. And the others looked more skeptical at her. "No matter." She said, back in her calm voice, brushing her mane back behind her
"What we're trying to say is, that's half the fun on Nightmare Night, Fluttershy." Twilight said. "Besides, that prank was really impressive."
"Yeah, I guess so."
"And yoy faced your fear of the holiday that night."
"That's true." Fluttershy admitted. "Well I might do something scary, but I might as well think about it. Besides, i- I don't have a costume yet."
"I thought you would say that." Said Rarity with a very eager smile. Then she used her magic to pull up a costume that looked something similar to a wolf or a dog. "Voila!"
"Oh my." Said Fluttershy with a look of awe all over her face. "Is it like a dog, or a puppy?"
"A werewolf." Said Spike. "We figured if you would want a costume for Nightmare night, we might as well pick a costume that fits you."
"A werewolf? That's nice." Luke thought. And he thought of how adorable Fluttershy would be like in a werewolf uniform. "Why don't ya try it on?"
"Okay. Maybe later." Said the yellow pegasus with a smile. "I almost forgot, Rarity, Luke wanted to know if you could help him with a costume. Do you think you can help him?"
"Oh of course!" She said.
"What would you like to be?" Asked Twilight
"Well.... I hope this isn't too complicated. I'm worried that it might be too complicated for her." Luke explained. "Here, I'll show you on my phone, Rarity, and see if you can make it happen."
"Of course. I would be more than delighted to help you in costume making, dear."
"Alright, if you insist." then Luke pulled up the picture of Kit Fisto again to Rarity. "I would want it to be like how the movie people made this character for the actor who played this guy. Do you think you can make it happen?"
"Hmm. Well, I'll do my best darling." said Rarity. "He does look a little grotesque, but it will be worth a shot."
"Are you sure?"
"I am positive, sweetie." Rarity concluded. "Come with me to the boutique and we'll see what we can work on." The human smiled hearing that, and he hoped that it won't be like a cheesy knockoff costume like the kind that Party City would have. The others followed them afterwards to the Carousel Boutique to see for themselves.
As they arrived, Luke was feeling a little anxious about this, but he had his fingers crossed for if this goes smoothly and that he would almost look exactly like one of the Greatest Jedi of all time. He also thought that if this didn't go well, then he would be okay about not having a costume to go with this fun time of year.
The white unicorn carefully studied the details, and noticed how the dreadlocks looked, and the eyes, along with the fingers. "Hmm, I suppose I can make this work."
"Well, if you can't make it... perfect, then I understand." And he had another idea. "Oh, and ,aybe if this fails, maybe I can get Discord to turn me into a Nautalon like Kit Fisto."
"I don't know, Luke. Sure Discord is reformed, but he can still be... tricky and mischievous." Said Applejack. "So I wouldn't call that a good idea, sugarcube."
"Oh come on, now. Discord is a very nice guy." Said Fluttershy. "..... most of the time" she made a sheepish smile.
"Well, we'll see. But for now. Let's see Rarity work her magic."
"Right, good idea." Said Rainbow Dash.
The human went upstairs with Rarity in her special makeup room. As he got seated, he asked "So, do you know a thing or two about monster or alien makeup by any chance?"
"Oh ho, I am an artiste, Luke. Don't you worry about a thing." Then she spun Luke around in a crazy fashion, and made him dizzy a little.
"Oh, and please don't cut my hair. I still want to look like a handsome lion when this is over."
"Don't worry. I won't cut your precious hair, Luke."
And then, she got to work with her magic to make him look like Kit Fisto.
It did take a little while, and it was the afternoon. The others were waiting anxiously downstairs for Luke and Rarity to be done.
"It's taking forever." Said Rainbow Dash. "I hate waiting for a long time."
"Please Rainbow. Be patient. The day is still young for us to celebrate Nightmare Night again." Fluttershy remarked softly.
"Yeah. And besides, it's only been an hour and thirty minutes." Said Applejack. "And if it took a long time, then it means it will look so good."
"Applejack's right." Twilight agreed. "It's only two-thirty in the afternoon. We still have time for ourselves to prepare our costumes.
It was just then the door upstairs was heard being flung open. "C'est finit!" She sang from upstairs. All of the others were more than anxious to see how Luke turned out to be, and how she made him look.
Rights for the track go to George Lucas and the Star Wars company
Rarity came down with a curtain behind Luke, being held by her magic. "Fillies, and drake, I give you, Kit Fisto!" when she removed the curtain, they all looked in awe. Luke looked like a very different person, and creature of course. The clothes he was wearing was a Jedi tunic, but no long gown with the hood.
The eyes were well done, black and beady, and the dreadlocks looked so lifelike. "Wow! that is so cool." Rainbow said in awe.
"My goodness, he looks so handsome in that." said Fluttershy
"The coolest thing ever!" Pinkie bounced with joy. The human waved the tendrils on the back of his head a few times, and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and asked them "So, how do I guys look?"
"Mighty magnificent!" Applejack said.
"Totally awesome! You look exactly like that fish guy!"
"I know, it's like a complete transformation." Spike added.
These compliments made Luke smile even wider, and she turned to Rarity before he kindly stated "Thank you so much, Rarity. I really appreciate what you did for me."
She was more than proud of herself for giving the human this remarkable, yet a little difficult request. "You are quite welcome, Luke. Honestly, I didn't think I would have it in myself to create such a masterpiece."
"Yeah well, you did it!" Luke said. It made Rarity flush even more
"Oh you."
"Well, I wished I had a light saber, but I'm okay with it."
"Light Saber?" Asked Spike
"Yep, it's a weapon Jedi like Kit Fisto would use in defense. A very cool looking sword that is pure light, and it can cut and burn through anything, including metal. Of course, it's powered with something called Saber Crystals, and they probably don't exist anyway." And he flipped the tentacles again. "But still. I like this nonetheless."
"I'm glad to hear that." Said Fluttershy. "Well come on, we better get ready for the night. At least the rest of us, right?"
"Of course." Said Twilight. "My costume is quite amazing."
"Is it Star Swirled the Bearded again?" Spike asked annoyingly."
"No! It's Queen Chrysalis." Twilight stated
"Ah, gotcha."
"I'm gonna be Zapp." Said Rainbow Dash.
"I will be Princess Luna!" Rarity sang.
"And I will be a pig!" Pinkie bounced while oinking like a piggy would normally do.
"I will be a Timberwolf."
"And I am Burnferno: Warrior dragon from within." Spike concluded, trying to flex his muscles." Rarity giggled at his little action and thought he was cute trying to look tough. Then they all went back to their hones, except for Rarity, because she was already home.
While walking back with Fluttershy, Luke noticed that many faces noticed how he looked, like a combination of freaky and amazing. It was just then Lyra and Bon Bon came up to them. "Hey Lyra, Bon Bon. What do you guys think?"
"Whoa, Luke. Is that you?"
"Uh-huh. Rarity made it herself. Do you like it?"
"Yeah Luke, you look so cool." Lyra said. "I mean, look at those alien eyes and tentacle dreadloxks, and that tunic you are wearing on you."
'Are you like a fish or frog creature?" Asked Bon Bon curiously
'It's literally a long story, Bon Bon. But to shorten things out, he is a character from a line of movies called Star Wars." And he told them about the character of Kit Fisto and what he is."
Lyra made a remark by saying "That's so intriguing. This Kit Fisto sounds like a really cool guy."
"Lyra, this guy is amazing. Kit is so bad-" and he covered his mouth to prevent him from saying the last part. "I'm sorry, I can't say it fully. It's kind of foul language."
"Ah, we understand" said Bon Bon. "We know exactly what you mean. You know, you just might win the contest tonight."
"What contest?"
"The costume contest." Lyra explained. "It's hosted by Mare Mare, and the winner of the contest gets a large wagon of candy as the prize!"
Luke's eyes widened "wagon of candy? I think i'll participate in it."
"Oh yes. I think you should." Fluttershy said. "Your costume looks very well designed."
"Heh, you can say that again, Fluttershy." Said Bon Bon.
"And I think I am looking at tonight's winner." Lyra added, gently bumping her elbow on Luke's arm. "If you decide not to, it's fine."
'Well, it does sound fun."
"Oh! And maybe you can perform a Nightmare Night song on your guitar for the whole town." Bon Bon added.
"Really?" Luke was thinking of how more fun that would be. "That could also be arranged. I'll see what Mayor Mare can do about that."
"Right. Well come on, I want to get myself in that werewolf costume." Fluttershy teasingly urged.
"I can hardly wait for it." Luke muttered, then they continued back to the cottage.
While looking at them going back home, Lyra called out "See you tonight, Luke! We hope you win the contest and perform tonight!"
"I will, Lyra!" Luke called out in the distance to her. "So, how do you feel about going with us tonight?" Luke asked the yellow pegasus
"Well, I feel quite okay with it."
"Good. And... I know this sounds silly, but I will stay right with you in case you get scared. I promise." Luke remarked, feeling a little sheepish. Then he felt Fluttershy gently hugging him affectionately again.
"Thanks, Luke." She said. "That means so much to me." And then she immediately let him go.
"No problem." Luke replied with a smile of his own.
At last, the spooky, yet fun night had come. Luke was still dressed in his Kit Fisto outfit and makeup. He was pacing to and fro, waiting for Fluttershy to come down in her costume.
"You coming, Fluttershy?" Luke called from downstairs.
"I'm coming, Luke. I am exiting my room right now." Fluttershy called back to him from above. Then the sound of footsteps were faintly being heard, and became louder and louder wit every step she took. Luke saw her in her costume, and he was stunned to se how adorable she looked in it as he would thought she would be.
The end of her hooves had three claws on each of them, and it came with a large bushy tail to go with it. Over her head was a Werewolf's head, as if it was like a pelt, and her body was covered in soft, black fur.
"Well, how do I look?" She asked eagerly.
"You look fantastic!" Luke said. It deeply flattered the yellow pegasus, anf felt quite touched by his compliment.
"Good. So, are you ready?"
"Ready when you are." Luke replied.
"Good." Then she happily accompanied Luke outside before she said bye to her critter friends, telling them to have fun. Luje locked the door, and happily walked woth her down the main road to Ponyville. While strolling on the dirt path, Luke noticed many ponies wearing so many different costumes.
Of course, many ponies came amd praised him for how he looked. "Wow Luke, that's a nice costume your wearing." Said Carrot Top.
"Thanks. Rarity made it for me."
"Nice. You participating in the costume costume?" Asked Roseluck
"Well Roseluck, I'll think about it, but I think I will participate.
She, Carrot Top, and Lily Daisy were more than happy to here that. "Perfect, happy nightmare night!" Said Carrot Top
"Thanks. You guys too." Luke bolt replied, then he and Fluttershy continued walking down the main road. As they both arrived at the town, Luke saw that the whole town was up at night, with the colorful spooky lights and decorations and all of that. Then they saw their closest friends come up to them.
"Guys, you came!" Rainbow said in excitement. As they said, they were all in their costumes. Spike had a toy sword and shield with him, and some type of small dragon-like battle armor, like a Roman soldier of some kind.
"You all look wonderful." said Fluttershy
"And the same with you. You make a beautiful werewolf, Fluttershy." said Rarity.
"Oh stop it." Fluttershy flustered herself. "So, what do you think we should do first?"
"Well, there's the apple bobbing bucket challenge." Applejack suggested. "Why not try that?"
"I don't think I would do that, I would want to wash my makeup off of myself." Luke said
"Perfectly understandable." said Twilight. Then they all went to the apple bobbing activity, and took turns trying it out one at a time, ans Luke of course. All of them had so much fun with this little game. When it was finally over, they decided to move on to the spider tossing game right next to the apple bobbing one.
"You ever played this game before, Luke?" asked Pinkie Pie
"Not really. But this does look familiar. It kinda looks like playing darts, or something like that." Luke modestly remarked. Then he payed Cheerilee, who was supposed to be like a Harley Quinn type of clown with two ponytails in her mane, and a suit that looked like a jester.
"Give it your best shot, Luke." Cheerilee remarked
"Right." then the human carefully aimed the spider at the cardboard, and tried to clear his thoughts on anything but throwing the spider at the target in front of him. He was about to make his move, but then he was suddenly interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Luke!" Cried a colt's voice. He made a small yelp and accidentally dropped the beanbag spider. He looked over, and saw Cloudchaser, Thunderlane, Rumble, and Flitter, all wanting to see Luke's costume. "Wow, you look so much like that guy you showed us before."
"Yeah, that Kit Fisto guy." Thunderlane agreed. "That looked like you were looking for a good costume."
"Rarity made it." Luke remarked boldly.
"Really?" Said Flitter, and she looked at the fashionista. "Wow Rarity, you really outdone yourself with this attempt."
"Oh well, I am a brilliant artiste after all." Rarity boasted proudly.
"Well, sorry for making you miss your target," said Cloudchaser a little sheepish. "You just look so cool like that.'
"Nah, it's fine. And Rumble, you look cool in your costume, ad the same with all of you."
"Thanks." Said Rumble, flattered. "It costed a lot of bits but it was worth it."
"So, Cloudchaser, how are you guys enjoying yourself?"
"It's awesome!" Said Cloudchaser.
"Oh, hold on, I gotta throw this spider at the target."
Then they all gave him some space, and Luke carefully threw the spider at the cardboard, and it almost hit the bullseye spot. "Oh! So close." Said Rainbow Dash. "Almost had it."
"You can do it, Luke." Said the gray Pegasus stallion
"Thanks, Thunderlane." Then Luke threw it at ten target again, and almost had it once more. "So close!" He snapped his fingers.
"Come on, Luke. You rock! Woohoo." Said Fluttershy.
Then at the third time, Luke hit the spider exactly at the center of the target., and he cheered at himself for it.
"See, you got it!" Said Flitter.
"Yeah, I know. Thanks Cheerilee."
"No problem, Luke." The school teacher replied kindly. "Do enjoy the rest of the night!"
And Luke went to look at the other activities he can do with the others. It was just then he saw Lyra and Bon Bon dancing on the dance floor. "Hey! Lyra! Bon Bon!" He called to them. Both of them noticed Luke and warmly greeted him
"Luke! You made it!" Said the mint green unicorn. She was wearing a one piece bodysuit that was black, and had a hood at the back of her head. Bon Bon was a beautiful princess with a very thick blue dress "How do you like NIghtmare Night?"
"I love it!" Luke made the devil horns gesture."it's awesome. And... I think I am going to enter the costume contest."
'Well that is good news." Said an African female voice. "And I suggest you try the apple juice." It was none other than Zecora wearing an army costume with a red beret on her head.
"Bonjoir, Zecora. Happy Nightmare Night."
"And a happy Nightmare Night to you too, there is so much for you to do."
"I can imagine. Now, if you excuse me, I gotta sign up for the contest." And he went to see Mayor Mare, who was wearing clown makeup and a rainbow colored afro wig on her head. "Miss Mare." He said
Even she was amazed by how Luke turned out to be in that makeup and costume. "My goodness Luke. You look so ravishing "
"Thanks. Day, I want to sign up for the costume contest."
Mayor Mare made a gasp and replied "Of course! I'll give you the paper you can sign up for." And then she handed him the clipboard. Luke promptly signed his name with his signature, and happily gave the Len back to her. "Perfect. Now, I will start in forty five minutes. By the way, are you going to perform tonight as well?"
"I might. Yep, i might as well play something that fits the mood of this event."
"Brilliant! A wonderful idea! I'll wish you good luck tonight."
Then Luke went back to his friends again. And then the human asked "what do yoy guys want to do now?"
'Well, there is the maze at Sweet Apple Acres. Why don't we go there?" Asked Fluttershy.
"'Ello, Luke." Said a British child's voice. It was Pip, dressed up as an Assassin from the Assassin's creed games.
"Pip, buddy! Hey." Luke said. He happy picked him up when he ran up to him, and both hugged eachother. "How are you doing, Pip?"
"Awesome. That costume looks so cool."
'Yep, I think I might win the contest with it."
"I bet it will."
"Hello, Pip. You wanna hang out with us?" Asked Spike
"Of course. It's always nice to spend time with my friends." Pip happily said. "Where are we going?"
"The maze."
The colt made a happy gasp and said "yay! I love the scary maze!" And he was about to promptly go with the others when they were all interrupted again.
"Hello, Everypony." Said a motherly mare's voice. It was Princess Celestia, dressed as Nightmare Moon. Luna was also with her, dressed as the Mane-iac. "Happy Nightmare Night."
'Your majesties!" Said Twilight, she and the others bowed to both of them in respect. "Pip, you look so adorable." Said Luna to the colt, smiling warmly at him.
"Thank you, Princess Luna." Pip said with flattery. "Happy Nightmare Night."
Luna Suddenly gave him a kiss on his cheeks, making the others go "oooh."
"You too, Pip. I really hope you have fun."
"Thanks." Pip replied, flushing a crimson red on his face.
"My Luke, you look so wonderful, dear." Said Celestia. "What are you?"
"I am Kit Fisto, a character from Star Wars."
"Intriguing." Luna remarked. "He seems like an interesting character. Well, me and my sister would love to stay here and talk with you some more, but we have got to have a short meeting woth Mayor Mare. Have a nice Nightmare Night everypony."
Both sisters promtply wished them a good Nightmare Night, and went to see the mayor for royal duties.
"Well, come on guys. Some scary stuff awaits us" Luke said. All of them, including Pip and Zecora followed Pip to the corn maze. Of course, it wasn't a long walk, and all of them began to slowly walk in the maze.
"Wow, this looks more scary than last year." Said Rainbow Dash. "Not as scary as Fluttershy's of course, but still scary."
Indeed, this little maze was looking quite eerie than before. There were the sounds of bones cracking every step they took, but it turns out they were just fake bones, and hears the sounds of werewolves howling, along with random screams being heard from all around.
Nonetheless, this is fun. Boy Luke can hardly wait for the costume and performance tonight. Sure, he was feeling eager, but he remembered that he performed for a crazy mare in a comic book world, and had lots of confidence.
After the maze was done, It was only about fifteen minutes until the costume contest would began, and the human finally decided that he will perform again. While waiting, Luke saw Diamond Tiara, Big Mac, Fluttershy, and along with the two princess entering this little event, too.
Diamond Tiara was dressed as princess Celestia, with her own slippers that she would normally wear, along with fake wings and a fake horn on top of her head. For Big Mac, he was wearing a cowboy costume, that looked amazingly badass. It was a brown hat, and he had a piece of straw in his mouth, along with a blue cape to go with it. Yes, he looked absolutely badass in that type of costume.
"Oh hey Diamond Tiara. I didn't know you were entering this contest too."
Even Diamond Tiara was stunned by how Luke looked at as Kit Fisto. "Oh my gosh, Luke I almost didn't recognize you. That is a very nice costume you have on." She remarked.
"Thanks."
All of a sudden, a certain drancequus appeared out of thin air in front of Luke's face "BOO!" and it startled him so bad, he stumbled and fell backwards. It was Discord, laughing at Luke's reaction. "Oh ho ho, you should have seen the look on your face when i jumpscared you! HAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The human groaned in extreme irritation. "For Christ sake, Discord! You almost gave me a heart attack."
"Oh relax!" Discord said. "It is the best night of the year for pranks and scares. That's why it's one of my favorite times of year!"
"Discord!" Fluttershy reprimanded. "Must you always do that on Nightmare Night?"
"Pretty much."
The yellow pegasus just raised her eyebrow at him, not amused at all. And then The drancequus promptly picked him up as if she was his teddy bear.
"Just look at how adorable you look as a werewolf. I could just eat you up!" and hugged her even tighter. It was just then the others had a look of horror on their faces, worrying that the master of chaos meant what he just said to her. "Oh calm down, I would never eat her. You're all just a bunch of wusses." then he immediately let her go. And then he had a sudden realization. "And Luke, I should tell you, how amazing your costume looks. Very alien-like."
"Thanks." Luke said flatly "Rarity made it herself."
"Ooh, yes. I can see that she has really outdone herself this time." Discord acknowledged him. Of course, it might has sounded a little sarcastic. "I bid you all good luck tonight." and then he poofed himself to the audience section.
"Are you alright, Luke?" asked Luna
"I'm fine. It just caught me by surprise. Ah, you know someone like Discord."
"Indeed." Celestia agreed. "Sometimes, he can be rather of a pest at times."
Then he poofed in the backstage again "I heard that!" and then vanished again
"Anyway, just don't let it get to you." Celestia continued. "So, how do you feel?"
"A little nervous."
"Ah, you shouldn't be, sweetheart." said Luna. "You'll do just fine. In fact, We think we are looking at the eyes of a winner." she smiled warmly at him.
"Thank you, your majesty."
"You are quite welcome, Luke. Me and my sister bid you good luck tonight."
"You guys too." and Luke flipped his tentacle-like dreadlocks again, feeling more than confident, thanks to the princess' encouragement.
There was a drum roll being heard, and Mayor mare was tapping into the microphone. "Check, check, 1, 2, 3." she said. Clearing her throat, she announced "Alright Everypony, welcome one and all to the annual Ponyville Nightmare Night contest!" and then cheering was heard. "We have a number of contestants here this very night. Every one of them has a pretty intriguing costume to share to Everypony, but only one will win this."
A group of stallions pulled down a large curtain, and it revealed the large candy bucket inside a Jack-o-lantern. Everypony's mouths were watering just looking at that amazing load.
"A large supply of Candy that will last for months to come. This is what the winner will get as his or her own prize." the mayor continued on. "Let the contest begin!" then more cheering was heard. As the curtains slided out of the way, the contestants walked foreward, and looked proudly at the crowd.
They all thought that everypony looked absolutely stunning in those costumes, but of course, most of them had their sights on Luke in his Kit Fisto costume and makeup. "I kinda wished I had a lightsaber with me. That would be awesome." the human muttered to himself.
"Behold, Princess Celestia as Nightmare Moon!" then a line of clapping was heard. "Next, Princess Luna as the Mane-iac from the Power Ponies comic book series." both the princess posed for the camera, and had many snapshots taken. "Fluttershy as a really adorable werewolf."
The yellow pegasus also posed, in a rather adorably fashion, just having a cute smile while taking a picture after another. "Hello." sh muttered. "I'm Fluttershy." and she pawed her hoof on the floor board.
"Isn't she a delight, everypony? simply amazing!" Mayor Mare said, and more cheering was heard. "Big Macintosh as Clint Hoofwood."
"Yee-haw! Howdy there, partners!" Big Mac announced. He posed for the pictures, and the background had a wild west type of theme to go with it.
"Diamond Tiara as the princess of the sun herself!"
The filly posed once more with a sun background behind her as she was having her own photos taken.
"And Finally, Luke Smith as a jodi-"
"Jedi." Twilight whispered
"Jedi master, Kit Fisto." Then something appeared beside the human. It was an actual lightsaber, and wondered where it came from, and then noticed Discord with his thumbs up.
"Of course." he muttered. Then he pressed the button and a green glow appeared from the blade. Everypony was rather impressed by this display, and Luke posed with the lightsaber in his hands, with a space background, and even showed off the lightsaber a couple of times.
"Brilliant! Now, you have all seen these amazing contestants, but which one do you think will be the winner?" Mayor Mare announced. Luke turned his blade off and put it next to his pocket, like where a Jedi would put it if he didn't need it at the moment.
"Contestants, you may now take a short intermission while the votes will be tallied and counted in the voting box.
Then as the voting began, Luke and the other contestants went backstage for a short break before the votes are all in completely. They all had a seat on chairs, and then Fluttershy asked the human "What kind of a sword is that? it looked beautiful."
"This, Fluttershy, is a lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight or a Jedi Master that I told you about before."
"It looked absolutely gorgeous and colorful, dear." Celestia acknowledged
"Indeed, Luke, Especially the sounds it made when you activated it." Luna added
"Do you think you can show us the beam again?" asked Diamond Tiara.
"Yeah, it looks mighty cool." Big Mac acknowledged. And there was a sound of agreement.
Luke chuckled and said "Okay, okay." and he immediately activated it once again. All of them looked at it in awe.
"It looks really beautiful." Fluttershy said. "Where did you get it?"
"It just appeared right next to me, by Discord."
"Oh, figures, he might of had a hand this." Celestia noted in slight irritation
"Like we said, he gets around unfortunately." Luna remarked.
"Well either way, I thank him for getting me this. It's a realy majestic and delicate weapon, ain't it?"
"Yeah, it looks so bright." Diamond Tiara said
"Is it dangerous?" asked Fluttershy
"Oooh yes. It is dangerous. This thing can even cut through metal. Observe." then the human looked around for anything he can cut with that he won't get in big trouble for it. "Discord." he called out
"Yes?" the master of chaos appeared out of thin air once again, with his hands under his chin while hovering in mid-air.
"First of all, thank you so much for getting me this!" Luke said with joy. "And secondly, I want to cut something with this. Do you think you can conjure.... a large lamp I can cut down with this baby?"
"One lamp a la mode." then Discord snapped his finger and a lamp magically appeared out of nowhere.
"Magnifique! Now, watch this." the human focused on himself and took a breath. "You all might want to stand clear when I do this, this can burn you if you touch it."
He concentrated on nothing but how to properly strike this mere lamp down. He made three slashes in a rather incredible display, with pieces of the lamp falling on the stage.
The other contestants made sounds of awe when he cute down the lamp three times. Burn marks were glowing on the lamp for a short time.
"That was so amazing. So... incredibly wonderful. I don't even know what to say."
"Me neither." Big Mac said ."That looks dangerous alright."
"I hope you know what you are doing with that sword." Luna remarked
"Of course I do. A weapon like this comes with great power and great responsibility." Luke remarked. "This thing can cut through anything, and I mean anything, so that is why I will only use it in a responsible way. Honestly, it's way more better than a gun or a regular metal sword."
"I know. It looks really marvelous." Diamond Tiara said.
"A very mejestic weapon indeed."
"Diamond Tiara!" said a female voice. "Ah, there you are." it was Spoiled Rich, her mother, not dressed in a costume. "I bid you good luck with the voting. I certainly hope that you win this. You really deserve some candy. Oh, hello, Luke." she said, not very happy to see the human again
"Salut, Spoiled Rich." Luke replied with a bitter look in his eyes. "I don't want any trouble okay, I just want to wish your daughter good luck, that's all."
"And I thank you for it." she replied. "And to be honest, I thought you looked a little... ruffian than before that costume you are wearing."
Then Luke immediately got up, feeling a little angered.
"Now Spoiled." Celestia said "You have been told to be more nicer to Equestria's one and only human."
"I know, I know." the mare sighed
"Please be nicer to him." Luna begged
"Or else, pretend that this is your head." then he ignited his lightsaber again and marked the floor with it a couple times.
"Now, now, Luke. Don't let her get to you." Fluttershy calmed him down by gently putting her hooves on his shoulder.
The human sighed and said "You're right. Besides, Revenge and brute force are never the Jedi way anywho. It I was truly a Jedi, that would make me go to the Dark Side of the force." and he immediately turned the lightsaber off again.
"Well... I suppose I bid you good luck to you too. Not that you might even win."
"What was that, mother?" Diamond Tiara warned
"Nothing, nothing." and she immediately went off stage.
"Is it me, or did she sound a little scared by how I used my lightsaber?" Luke noticed
"Yeah, she looked very afraid." said Big Mac. "Just look at her face when she saw your skills, hehehehe." and he took a sip of apple cider
"And, don't worry, I would never use this to kill anyone or anypony. I would just stoop to her level anyway"
"Very good, Luke. We're proud of you." Celestia said warmly.
"Alright, the votes are in!" the Mayor announced from the other side of the curtain. This made the contestants way more excited to hear this. The mayor went behind the curtain too, and said "Alright, everyone, good luck. Come on back to the front of the stage, please."
As Luke, Fluttershy, and the other contestants went on stage, the mayor went to tally the votes. She pulled up the envelope and was ready to tear the letter out of it.
"Drum roll, please." and another drum roll was heard. "And the winner is...... Luke Smith as Kit Fisto!" then a tremendous amount of cheering was heard again. Luke was more than surprised and flattered that he had won. Yet again, the costume looked very well done, thanks to Rarity. The other contestants all went up to him to congratulate him for this.
"I am so happy and proud for you, Luke. I knew you would win." said Fluttershy, hugging him
The human hugged her back as a token of appreciation. "Thank you, Fluttershy.
"Indeed, child. Me and my sister are very proud of you too." Celestia said warmly. "Congratulations." and she and Luna warmly patted him on his head
"Yeah, Luke. Good job." Diamond Said
"Give me some hoof, there." Big Mac said, and he bumped his hoof at him with his fist. Then his other friends who were not contestants, went on stage to congratulate him too.
"Good job, Luke. You did it!" Lyra said
"Yeah, I knew you would win this." Cloudchaser added. "I just knew you would."
"Now you can have free candy in the months to come." Bon Bon said
"Lucky you." said Lyra with a smirk on her face. "That candy looks so good." and she licked her lips. "Ah, but that's okay, I got some candy with me already.
"So do we." said Rumble." and he showed everypony and Luke the candy he collected while trick-or-treating. "Right Big Brother."
"Got that right, little buddy." Thunderlane winked at him.
"Well, you guys all looked amazing too." Flitter complimented
"Especially you, your majesties." Cloudchaser said, bowing to the princess' in respect.
"Thank you all, but I feel like this is a destined victory for Luke.
"Wouldn't blame ya, yor majesty." Rainbow agreed. "He looks totally amazing and awesome like this. Of course I voted for him for that."
"Me too." said Applejack. "I also voted you the best sugarcube."
"Me three!" Pinkie added
"Me four." Spike said
Twilight smiled and said "So did I."
"And Me also." Rarity remarked as the last.
"Thank you all so much. I really appreciate it."
"And now for his prize, the candy, and not only that, but a trophy to go with it!" Then she was holding a golden trophy with a small statue of Nightmare Moon at the sop, and the handles resembling demon wings. "And before, we wrap things up this year, how about an encore performance by Luke?"
And the crowd screamed at the top of their lungs with excitement.
"Perfect!" and she turned her attention back to the human. "Alright, ready when you are, winner."
"Perfect. Guitar!" Then Discord snapped his finger, giving Luke his signature ax to shred on to close this years Nightmare Night.
he tapped on the microphone and announced "Happy Nightmare Night to all of you! I decided to give you yet another guitar performance to make things more fun. Are you all ready to rock?"
And more cheering was being heard.
"Alright!" then she looked at Luna, and went up to her. "Hey, your majesty, how would you like to sing a duet with me as I play?"
"Me? Oh no, no, I couldn't I am a terrible singer." Luna remarked while flushing
"Come on, sis." Celestia urged. "You are an amazing singer. I have heard you myself. And besides, this holiday is dedicated to you."
Luna smiled and replied "Very well." and she went on stage with Luke.
"And Luna is going to sing a duet with me!" and the crowd went even more wild than before.
"one, two, three, four! Hit It!"
When the song was over, the crowd just went crazy and really enjoyed the performance. Luna even transformed into Nightmare Moon to fit the mood of it.
"Mwahahahahaha!! Happy Nightmare Night!" she said. "And a goodnight to all of you, too." then she immediately turned back to her real form.
"Well, come on, Fluttershy. Let's go home."
"Of course." the yellow pegasus replied happily. "Don't forget the trophy and candy."
"Right. Discord, can you please help us with the candy?"
"Of course, for my dear, dear human friend." the drancequus said, then he used his great strength to lift the gigantic candy container, and happily walked back to the cottage with Luke and Fluttershy. What was even more exciting for Luke, was that, he has his own lightsaber now.