//------------------------------// // Scary Stories 2 Part 2 // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls Halloween II // by WarriorofFaith18 //------------------------------// Before long, The group all arrived at the garage at Sweet Apple Acres. As everyone pulled haystacks to sit on, Applejack set a lit lantern in the middle as they all sat down and passed around the pizzas and everyone took a slice as Leo spoke. “Okay remember those who didn’t get a turn last time Tell the stories. Everyone who did last time is out.” He spoke about himself, Rainbow, Casey, and Mikey. “even though some ruined others.” Casey glared at Mikey for ruining his scary story. Mikey glared back at him. “Yeah, Casey!” “Okay, you two!” Rainbow got between the two, breaking them up. “So who goes first?” Flash Sentry raised his hand. "Me, Sandal, and Micro Chips we'll go first." "But, we're just gonna give you a head's up and say that it's pretty unsettling!" Micro Chips warned. Patch noticed that Sweetheart looked uneasy. "You sure you can handle it, Sweetheart?" She asked, amusingly. "Y-yeah!" Sweetheart said, trying to sound brave, but her shaking legs said otherwise. "I won't get scared one bit!" Suddenly, something grabbed her from behind, making her scream and grab hold of Fluttershy. But it was only Logan. The kids laughed while Sweetheart scowled. "Logan!" "Logan, that wasn't nice!" Fluttershy said. "Sorry," Logan replied, still chuckling. "Couldn't resist." "Nice one, Logan!" Ace hi-fived him. "You sure you won't get scared, little sis?" Melody asked, in an almost mocking tone. Sweetheart glared and crossed her arms. "Bring. It. On!" She said with determination. "Yeah, girl!" Mikey cheered. Then Sandalwood popped up, shining a flashlight under his chin. "Then let's begin! This is the tale of... The Evil Jacket!" He announced dramatically. "It all started when the three of us found this cool looking jacket..." THE EVIL JACKET Three boys were looking around when one found a jacket in the store dumpster. “What is that thing?” he asked. “It's some kind of jacket, made of jeans. It's a pants jacket!” the second guy said. “Whoa!” The third guy awed as the second guy put on the jacket. “It's all dirty and crusty.” “Maybe we should throw it back in the dumpster.” The first guy suggested. “Yeah, you're probably right.” The second guy agreed and began to take the jacket off when other people began to notice. “Hey, nice Jean Jacket, bro!” “Sweet jacket!” “Yeah, man!” They all high-fived the second guy as they walked past. The second guy took the jacket off. “Guys, did you see that? That was incredible! We can't throw this out! I haven't had a high five in months, but with this jacket, I just got three in a row!” “Let me try it on.” The first guy puts on the jacket, and finds a dollar bill in a pocket. “Whoa! Legal tender!” The third guy took the jacket and put it on himself. A newspaper flew into his face, which contained a coupon for salsa dancing. “This is nice.” As they enter the grocery store, The door automatically opened. In the store, they found a great deal on pizza bagels. After filling their cart, they found a long line when ne of the registers suddenly opened up just for them. As they left the store, the second guy took off the jacket. “This is like the best day of my life. I can't wait to wear the jacket tomorrow for handball practice.” “Wait, hold up.” The first guy spoke. “I need to wear the jacket tomorrow! I might run into some girls at the coffee shop! How do I know what to say?” The third guy cleared his throat. “I need it for everyday hustling.” “C'mon, man, that's not a good reason.” Suddenly, It began to storm. “Huh? The jacket!” The second guy gasped. “Cover it!” the first guy ordered as they all rushed to cover the jacket. “Keep it safe!” the second guy cried. Despite getting wet, The three carried the jacket back to their house. “We'll be okay as long as the jacket is dry.” The second guy said as the three enter the house. “Oh! We're inside! Here we are, jacket. Welcome home! Our lives are gonna be so great from now on.” The first guy stroke the jacket’s sleeve. “It's the best thing that's ever happened to us!” “I'm so glad we found this!” The second guy kissed the jacket. “Well, it's been a long luck day. I'm bushed.” He began to walk away when the first guy stopped. “Hang on a minute. Where are you going?” “Just a- to my room? With this jacket?” The first guy glared at his friend. “That's not fair! We have to share it equally. You can't just hog it away in your room.” “I need to see proof of ownership.” The third guy agreed. “Well, I was technically the one who found it, so I'm pretty sure I get first dibs.” “No! It's all of ours!” The first and third guys folded their arms. “Okay! Okay! Geez.” The third guy gives the jacket to them. “Here. I have an idea.” He pulled out a game spinner under a couch cushion, labeled "Decision-Machine.". “Ha! Found it! Our decision machine!” Unknown to the others, it was notably rigged in the second guy's favor. The first guy grunted. “I hate that thing.” “This little beau will help decide who gets the jacket first, fair and square!” “I highly doubts that.” The third guy frowned. “Let's give her a little spin-a-roo!” the second guy started the spin. “Whoa! Look at it go!” The first guy looked at the third guy. “I can't believe we're doing this.” The spinner landed on the second guy, who laughed. “Woo! Probability, am I right? Thanks!” he took the jacket and was just about to leave when the first guy grabbed him. “Hang on, Dude. That wasn't fair, and you know it! It was our jacket too!” The third guy agreed. “It's time to pass the jacket now, you've had it long enough.” “But I'm not done with it.” Hissed the second guy. “Fair as fair.” “Fine.” The second guy grunted, surrendering the first guy who sighed as he put it on. “Okay, time's up.” The first guy glared at the second guy. “Aw, c'mon!” “No buts.” Grunting, the first guy took off the jacket. “Here.” Suddenly, he passed the jacket to the third guy,who put on the jacket, and ran off as the two gasped. “Hey, come back here!” The two chased the Jean Jacket. They all tried to take it but then they heard a smack noise and the first guy yells in pain. They stopped fighting and saw the first guy with a bruise smack on his cheek with tears in his eyes. The other two looked shock and guilty. The second guy broke the silence. “You guys, we're not wearing this jacket. This jacket is wearing us! We have to get rid of it. Agreed?” Both guys nodded and the three then proceeded to put the jacket into a trash bag and threw it away in a trash can outside. They then go back inside and into the kitchen, where they had coffee and cookies. “Frankly, I am glad we chose to get rid of it, bros. Too much power can really mess someone up.” The second guy sighed. “Yeah, we don't need it.” The first guy agreed. he blew on his coffee to cool it while the second guy attempted to take a sip, but burned his tongue. “I think I just burnt my taste buds off!” Just then, there was a knock at the door. They opened it to find a pizza delivery man standing at the front door. “Uh, hi, may I help you sir?” asked the second guy. “Yeah, I have the three, extra-large, double meaty pizzas you ordered?” “Nobody didn't order a pizza.” “Well, I don't know. They're free. Just take them!” The pizza delivery man gave the three the pizzas. “What, really? Gee, thank you!” thanked the second guy. “No problem! Oh, hey, I found something on your front lawn. Is this your jacket? It's super cool!” The guys all gasped as the pizza delivery guy held up the jacket. “Here you go! Have a nice day!” The pizza delivery guy left. “Um, it came back, you guys!” the second guy gulped. “It's like it's drawn to us!” the first guy shivered. “Jean jacket is mean jacket.” The third guy feared. “Whatever we do we can't give in to- Dude!” the first guy saw the second guy eating pizza. “What?” “You can't eat that! By eating that pizza, you're accepting this evil thing's gift!” The second guy screamed. “You're right! We gotta get rid of that thing!” The third guy threws it out of a window. However, the wind caused it to blow back into the house, along with several dancing lesson coupons. “It's a bunch of dance coupons?” he gasped. “Enough of this!” the first guy grabbed the jacket and was about to jam it into the toilet when the third guy stopped him. “Dude! Are you crazy?” “Sorry. Pressure’s getting to me.” Just then, the first guy’s phone vibrated. He looked to see he had recieved 14 date messages. “Stop it! No, stop it! This jacket has haunted us!” he cried. “Guys, it's clear. We must return the jacket from whence it came.” The second guy declared. Without any hesitation, the boys were making their way back to the dumpster they found the jacket in. There was a thunderstorm outside. The three boys walked past several vending machines, where several snacks and drinks fall out, and a cupcake cafe giving free cupcakes. “We have to resist the siren songs of this evil jacket. C'mon!” the second guy cried. At last, they found the dumpster. “There it is. Alright guys, on three! One, two, three!” They tried to shove the jacket into the dumpster, but they lost grip of it due to the wind. “Grab it!” The third guy dove for the jacket, and missed. The first guy chased the jacket while panting, making a dive, and missed. The jacket hits him on the bottom then flew towards the second guy, who ran away screaming, but the jacket caught up to him and covered his face. As he tried to struggle free, he accidentally put the jacket on. “Dude!” the first guy cried. The second guy was once again under the influence of rhe jacket. “The jacket. It, it chose me! I must, protect it! It wants me! It's mine!” “Dude, no! Remember what it did to us!” The first guy cried. The second guy struggled. “You're right. I can't think clearly...” “It's the jacket! It won't release us! There's nothing we can do!” “No, there is something I can do. Forgive me, my friends.” The second guy readied himself as the first and third guy stood and shock. “Wait, what are you doing?” the first guy cried. “I love you guys.” The second guy started running towards the dumpster, with the intent of diving in and staying there in order to keep the jacket away from his friends. he dove into the dumpster, and the rain stopped. A piece of sheet music from the beginning of the episode landed in the third guy’s hands. “At least his music will live on.” The first guy shed a tear as the third guy comforted him. “I miss him so much!” Suddenly, they heard grunting. They turned to see the second guy emerging from the dumpster ran towards him. “Dude, we thought you were a gonner!” the first guy cheered. “What happened in there?” the third guy asked. The second guy sighed. “Doesn't matter. That jacket will never bother us again. Let's go home.” And so the three began to walk away from the dumpster, happy that things were back to normal. But, little did they know, the Evil Jacket was hanging out of the dumpster. Then a strong gust of wind blew it right out and it sailed through the air and landed at the feet of three teenage girls. "You girls are the best!" One of them said, as she held her arms around each of her friends' shoulders. "I promise, nothing will ever come between us!" Then she looked down and noticed the jacket. "Hey, look at this?" She bent over and picked it up. "Cool jacket!" She said, as she tried it on! "And it fits! Almost like it was made for me..." ------ "Whoa! Evil Friendship-Destroying Jacket!" Pinkie exclaimed, shinging the flashlight under her chin. "Creepy!" "Creepy is right!" Sunset said, creepied out to think that three good friends could be torn apart by a jacket. "So," Ace turned to Sweetheart. "How'd you like that, SH?" "Our story didn't really scare you, did it?" Flash asked her. "Uh? Yeah, I'm fine," Sweetheart insisted. But secretly, the boys' story had unnerved her. But she didn't want her friends to know that. And she definitely didn't want them to tease her about being scared. "Okay!" Twilight said. "So who's next?" "I'll go," Shini volunteered. Then she took the flashlight. "This is a story I heard when I was a little girl. It all started on a misty night..." ------ SECRET OF THE YAMAMBA Once upon a time, a Buddhist priest (Keno) was caught out in a storm but luckily passed by a lonely hut. He knocked on the door and a kind old woman (Shini) answered. “Good evening.” He bowed, “Could I trouble you for shelter from the storm?” “But of course. Come in. come in.” the woman insisted. She also provided him with food and a warm fire. As welcoming as she was, she gave the priest a strange warning: “No matter what, do not look in the back room.” “Wonder what’s that all about?” the priest wondered As soon as she stepped out to gather more firewood, the priest couldn’t help his curiosity get the best of him and he peeped through a crack in the door. To his horror, he discovered the room filled with half-eaten corpses. The priest realized that the old woman was a Yamamba, luring unsuspecting travelers into her home only to shred them to pieces for her next meal. He fled from the hut as fast as he could. ------ “And he never looked back.” Shinigami finished her story. Everyone showed signs of either fear or disgust. “Wow.” Casey gasped. “Hardcore.” “Freaky.” Pinkie shivered. Mikey smiled then turn to Sweetheart, who kinda looked scared stiff. “You okay, Sweets?” “Fine!” Sweetheart chirped before covering up her fear. “I’m fine. That was a scary story, Shinigami. Gonna be hard to top.” “Well, I’ll give it a go.” Twilight stood up. “Here goes. It all began at the old mansion...” ------ LOTHSOME SPIRITS It was a windy and cold night as our story begins at an old creepy mansion that was abandoned for years. No one would bother living in it. Why? It was a haunted house where four ghosts live. Inside the place, a bell is heard as a fat ghost named Porky appears, groaning while sitting in an old chair, "Honestly guys. This place is dead...dead boring! We don't have any fun around here anymore!" A skinny ghost is playing cards at another table, sighing while saying, "Tell me about it. There isn't any humans or whatever to scare nowadays. Even our own nephew doesn't want to scare and he isn't even here right now!" A ghost with bad breath named Putrid appears to be fishing as he comments, "Yeah, we scared them all away! We are too good!" The stinky ghost laughs. Of course, the ghosts are still bored. They need some new blood or the four ghosts may have to look for another place to haunt. A fourth ghost wearing a bowler hat was reading the newspaper, then smiles eagerly as he calls over, "Guys! Come over and take a look at this!" The other three ghosts flew over and saw a notice in the paper. "'Notice, we take on any kind of ghosts, day and night service.'" The four ghosts laugh madly as if being told a funny joke. Stringbean remark mischievously, "Well, well, looks like we got a couple of wise girls! Say, how about we bring them over here?" "Right, we will have fun with the runts!" Porko laughs in agreement. Maybe the ghosts can have fun with these so-called exterminators. At least then the four has somepony to scare! "We'll scare the pants off of them!" Putrid remarks madly. The four ghosts laughs as they rush over to a nearby phone which is amazingly still working. Putrid grabs the handle while Porko begins dialing. "My voice sounds like a sweet mare sometimes so this can work!" ------------------------------- Now at a building in Canterlot, there of course is the 'Canterlot Ghost Exterminators' business that the ghosts heard about. Inside, the three girls of Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer and Derpy are sleeping. At first, not one of the mares notice that the phone's ringing. Until the third ring was so loud that it woke them all up. As they recover, the trio spots the phone ringing. "It's the telephone!" Twilight exclaims in surprise. "The telephone," Sunset exclaims eagerly. Some customer must be calling the ghost exterminators. The three girls after all took the ghost business to help deal with the ghostie pests and earn extra dough in the progress. "The telephone," Derpy asks a bit confused. The phone rang like mad. This causes the trio to tumble and jump for the phone, trying to answer it. Sunset of course yelps as she ends up getting entangled with her friends holding the phone with the line as she get caught in it. "Hello!" Twilight calls into the phone eagerly. "Hello!" Derpy exclaims as she answers the phone as well. "Hello!" "Hello!" ----------------------- The Lonesome Ghosts smirks mischievously as they heard Twilight and Derpy's voices on the other end, saying, "Hello" repeatedly. This is going to be so much fun! Putrid then speaks in an old woman's voice, "Hello, do you catch ghosts; hopefully?" -------------------------------- "Ha, do we catch ghosts, really?" Derpy giggles happily, thinking that the whole thing was a joke to her. Of course, Twilight roll her eyes as she uses her magic to get the handle from Derpy, undoing the knot on Sunset, freeing her. "Sure, madam," Twilight speaks into the phone. "We sure do!" ------------------------- "Well, this place is full of them! Listen!" Putrid explains as his pals do their best not to laugh to avoid giving themselves away. With that, the Lonesome Ghosties make their cackling sound and spooky howls. Hopefully that is enough to convince the trio of ponies. Putrid, mock scare, insists, "Come to the old abandoned mansion at once!" ------------------------- "Yeah, we'll get right on it!" Twilight exclaims with a smile on her face. This is perfect, a customer for the mares to help deal with the ghosts! After hanging up, the unicorn exclaims to her pals, "Guess what! We got a customer!" "A customer! Oh yeah," Sunset exclaims with a smile on her face. "A customer," Derpy asks a bit puzzled and confused. Her friends chuckle a bit. ------------------------ The ghosts wait anxiously at the mansion, waiting for their new victims to arrive. This is going to worth all this trouble. Just then, Putrid saw something and points out the window, "Guys, look, they're here!" The other ghosts laugh while flying over to the window to see their victims. Kooky remarks eagerly, "Oh, these gals are going to be a stitch to scare; Heh heh heh." The ghosts while chuckle while looking out the window. There's Twilight, Sunset, and Derpy heading to the mansion in their winter apparel as it is snowing and cold outside. The girls are carrying some interesting ghost busting equipment for this scary mission that they are taking. “Twilight, what happened to those upgraded accelerators you promised us?” Sunset asked. “They're not finished. Besides, somebody blew the petty cash on muffins.” Twilight rolled her eyes as the two looked at Derpy. “What?” The ghosts laugh inside the mansion while Porky comment, "This is going to be more exciting than I thought, and will make scaring these gals even more fun." The ghosts smile as they quickly vanish from sight. Time for some fun! Outside the mansion, Twilight's group arrives as the smart girl knocked on the door. At first, no reply came. She knocked on the door again, causing it to crash right onto the floor of the mansion. "Hey! We're here to...help you?" Twilight ask puzzled. Weird, no one is here to greet the three. "Hey, where is everyone?" The girls look around in concern, wondering if the old mare that called them before is around. Derpy bumps into Sunset, causing her to yelp, "Hey; Careful!" "Shhh!" Twilight, Sunset and Derpy entered the mansion in precaution. There's no telling what they can find in this place. While going on, not one of the ponies spot the door rising up as if some force is guiding the thing...until they look down and yelps as the thing flew up, sending them tumbling down. As the door goes back into place, the trio of ponies, out of their mufflers and scarves, lands on the floor, their equipment lands all around them. The equipment barely misses the mares though a mousetrap hits Derpy's nose, making her yelp in pain. She removed while groaning, "I hope these are ghost mice that we're catching here." Suddenly, the three heroes heard the ghosts laughing madly in the place. Twilight exclaims, "It's the ghosts!" "The ghosts," Sunset exclaimed in worry and a bit of fear. "G-g-g-ghosts," Derpy asked in fear and worry. "Girls, relax. We cannot let a bunch of ghosts scare us. We're ghost hunters after all and it is our duty to Canterlot to deal with these pests." Twilight said to her friends, reminding them of their mission. As the three stood back up, the young genius continued, "Listen. Let's separate so we can cover more ground and use our equipment better when we surround them." "Agreed." Sunset said with a nod. "Come on!" The three girls put their hooves in a huddle then raise them up. They picked up their weapons and heads off in separate direction. Twilight tiptoed her way through the place in precaution. However Porko chose that time to appear behind her, smirking mischievously as she taps Twilight on the head. The mare, startled, turns around and gasps upon seeing the ghost. She fires a blast at Porko but he dodges, laughing madly as he push Twilight down, making her ghost busting weapon shoot out in another direction. Porko laughs as he flies off with Twilight chasing him while yelling, "Come back here!" Twilight chased Porko up a bunch of stairs to the next floor, chasing him to an opened doorway of a closet. The ghost smirks however as he closes the door, causing the mare to crash into it. Twilight fumed as she tried to open the door but to no success. "Ugh, you ghosts are crazy!" Twilight exclaimed in annoyance. Suddenly the door slams down onto her before the hinge open up, the girl got up and jumps forward while the door itself closes. Twilight looked confused as she saw no closet, "What the hay?!" Twilight heard some noises coming from the doorway that opens up, sending her falling to the floor. As she got up, she gasped in shock as the ghost came out of the doorway with Stringbean, Putrid and Kooky, all of them are 'marching' to a war march with the usual flag and all. Twilight is dumbstruck. The ghosts then dance as if taunting Twilight while going through another door. The girl chased them while snapping, "Oh, not so fast!" Twilight however was too late as Kooky closes the door on her. She opened it...but yelps a whole flood of water came out of the said door. The girl did her best to swim, looking confused as Stringbean, Porko and Kooky surf past her with smiles on surfboards. Then Putrid came out of the doorway in a small motor boat, whirling around Twilight with the water, twirling her until the water vanish, leaving the genius right on the floor. "Ugh...so much water..." Twilight groaned as she looked around, hearing the ghosts' laughter. "I hope Sunset and That other girl are doing better." ---------------------- Sunset Shimmer was in a hallway, looking for a ghost while peeking around. However Putrid appeared behind her and hold some plates then drops them right onto the floor, causing them to break as he laughs mischievously. The impact frightened Sunset as she dove right under a chair nearby that is covered in cloth. The girl peeked out, not noticing Kooky appearing behind her with chains. That is until the ghost laughed cruelly and dropped them causing Sunset to scream as she jumped right into an opened drawer, the bottom closed right behind her. The top drawer flung into the air as we see that Sunset was in it, landing on the floor while the thing covers her. The pony turned girl peeked out and got up, frowning. This is ridiculous! Sunset shouldn't even be scared of those ghosts! Sunset prepared to get her head, not noticing Putrid behind her. That is until he hit the girl on the flank with a board, sending Sunset right into the air with the net. As she landed, her ghost attacker vanished, she didn't even care that her own net landed on her. "Hey, what's going on; who did that?! Who's the wise-?!" Sunset demanded angrily, taking the net off of her own head. Then she noticed Putrid reappearing behind her with a board, "Uh oh." Putrid hit Sunset in the flank again, causing her to yelp in pain as she flung the net up. As the ghost vanished, the girl turned around, shouting angrily, "Hey, come out and fight like a woman! You can't scare me! Come out of there and fight, let's go!" Sunset jumped up and down, ready to fight, no one makes a foal out of her and gets away with it. Of course, Putrid reappears, smirking mischievously as he imitated the redhead preparing to fight, much to her annoyance. "Oh, you want some of this, eh?" Sunset asked angrily. She then hit Putrid with a fist, sending him stumbling backwards. "Oh yeah, I got him! Yeah, the others have got to hear about this!" Of course, Putrid didn't seem shocked or upset. In fact, this ghostie appeared to be smiling as he crashed into the floor...literally as Putrid makes it looks like he was 'breaking' the ice, sending out water. Sunset looked shocked and ran over as the cracked floor with water returns to normal. The girl stopped, looking confused as she rubbed her hand across where the ice used to be at. "Huh, I will be a son of a dingdong." Sunset said in amazement and confusion. Suddenly, a puddle of water appeared as Putrid came out, spitting water and his breath right onto Sunset causing her to get wet and a bit disgusted at the same time. The ghost laughed madly as he dives back into the water. Sunset tried to jump in after him but the puddle vanished making her hit her head on the floor instead. "Ugh! What kind of a mad house is this?! This is worse than playing Fluttershy’s squirrel game!” Sunset spazzed a bit. Suddenly a puddle of water appeared in mid-air and drops water right onto the pony turned girl, getting her drenched. "Ugh, maybe this wasn’t a good career choice." ----------------- Derpy looked around with her ghost busting weapon, looking for any signs of the Lonesome Ghosties while having a blueberry muffin. Of course, she didn't see that Stringbean is behind her with a pan and wooden spoon. "I'm brave but I got to be careful too." she said between bites happily yet shivering a bit. Suddenly Stringbean hits the pan really hard, causing Derpy to scream, dropping her muffin and run forward to a wall, tearing it up like mad while trying to escape. The ghost in question grinned while playing the trombone, rod part hits the Pegasus pony in the flank, causing her to yelp and run down the hall. Derpy rushed over to a corner and pants a bit, looking around, "Silly ghosts. I ain’t afraid of no ghosts. I'm supposed to laugh at them; Ha ha ha." Of course, Derpy failed to see Kooky appearing behind her, tap dancing and kicking the pony in the flank, making her stumble onto the floor. She got up and chased after him. Kooky laughed while jumping into the lower drawer with a mirror. Derpy opened the lower drawer and searched through it while looking for Kooky who opened up a top drawer and banged the pot with the wooden spoon loudly. This frightened the girl that she jumped up and turned around, preparing to fight. Derpy looked around then glanced into a mirror. At first, it appears that she's looking at her own reflection...but unknown to her, its Kooky playing another trick on her, reflecting the girl’s reflection with himself. "Hee hee; Thought it wasn't me for a moment." Derpy giggled at her own reflection while smiling a bit. She hummed while fixing her own hair while looking at the mirror then prepares to leave...but Derpy turned around, having suspicions. She and Kooky look down, then at each other's eyes. Derpy became concerned. "Hold on just a minute...something is not right here!" Derpy frowned as she moves on hand, causing Kooky to do the same thing. Both scratched their heads then made funny faces at each other. After a while Derpy and the ghost stuck their tongues out. For a moment, nothing seems to be out of the original...until Kooky stuck his tongue out a second time, much to Derpy's surprise since she wasn't even moving when that happened! The girl touched the mirror with the ghost mimicking...then she moves it up to look on the other side. Kooky pops out of the mirror and rang the cowbell once more. This causes the muffin lover to get frightened that she hit her head on the side of the mirror, flinching while getting up. Derpy looked at the mirror and right at Kooky suspiciously, mumbling, "Hmmm, I wonder..." She got an idea on how she will know for sure. Derpy moved sideways, making Kooky do the same thing while the ghost came in and out of the mirror. The gal yelped and notice briefly before the two finch, ducking down. Derpy thoughtfully went up and down, making the ghost do the same thing. They do this a bit rapidly until the girl stopped. Derpy gasped as she saw Kooky moving quickly, making her exclaim, "AHA!" The two ducks down and came back up. The muffin lover smirked while saying, "You can't fool me! You're a ghost!" "You got that right, babe!" Kooky laughs as he poked Derpy right in the eyes, making her yelp before the ghost made a face right at her then ducks down as if taunting her. Derpy growled and jumped right at the ghost...only to end up breaking the mirror, getting caught. Kooky came out of the bottom drawer and mischievously pulled on the girl's legs and letting them go, causing Derpy to go twirling. "WHOA!" she exclaimed, crashing into the drawer, trying to fight out of it like mad. She bit what she thinks is the ghost but ends up biting her own flank, making her stumble around. At one point, she ended up choking herself before letting go. Derpy popped out of one drawer, panting a bit. Where is that ghost now? The girl saw the flank of what appeared to be what she's chasing. Of course, unknown to her, it's really her own flank. "Hmm..." Derpy pondered with a smirk. She had an idea...a bad one that is. She pulled out a pin from who knows where and used in hope to stab the ghost in the rear... Except Derpy ended up pinching her own flank instead! The girl screamed in pain as she tumbled around in the drawer. The Lonesome Ghosties arrived, smirking madly as they can hear her exclaim, "HELP, SOMEBODY, HELP! THEY GOT ME; SUNSET, TWILIGHT, ANYONE!" The four ghosts then shove the drawer with Derpy still inside to a flight of stairs nearby, the muffin girl exclaimed, "I got them all, really!" Soon she yelped while tumbling down the stairs like mad. "Whoa!" Derpy screamed as her rough ride caused her to go downstairs like mad. On the floor below, Sunset and Twilight found each other while looking for their friend when they heard some noises coming from the stairs nearby. Both of them gasped as they heard something making them look up to see the drawer heading their way. Sunset screamed, "Get out of the way!" "Move, move," Twilight screamed as she and Sunset rushed off with Derpy still in the drawer chasing right after them. The first two jumped near a pile of barrels before their friend crashed right into them. The four ghosts laughed madly as they rush downstairs, getting ready to scare the exterminator some more. But as they arrived on the lower floor, they gasped in fear and alarm as Putrid screamed, "Oh no!" "Gah," The ghost screamed and for a good reason: the three ponies were covered in molasses and flour, scarring the four ghosties. "No! GAH! NO!!!" the Lonesome Ghosties were making a run for it. They headed upstairs to the next floor, knocking down a lot of stuff like broken furniture, vases and flours. Then, they crashed right through the window, leaving tracks behind in the snow while running off. Twilight's group headed to the broken window, watching the ghosts' voices running off. Twilight commented, "Just between us, I think those ghosts called us themselves to lure us here so they could mess with us." Sunset added, "Well, it looks like THEY were the ones who couldn't take it." Then, the three began to laugh madly while Derpy held out a box of muffins. “Muffin?” ------ Everyone laughed as Twilight finished her story. "Those ghosts thought you three were ghosts?!" Patch chuckled. "Mm hmm," Twilight nodded. "That was a pretty amusing story, Twilight," Leo said. "Thanks," she smiled. But then she noticed that Sweetheart was the only one not laughing. Not only that, but she was also sweating nervously. "Are you okay, Sweetheart?" Sweetheart swallowed and nodded. "Ah uh!" She said. "Are you scared, Sweetheart?" Ace asked, with a sly smirk. Sweetheart shook her head back into focus. "Of course not! Why would I be?" "Because we all know your scared of ghosts," Half Note answered. "Even the funny kind," Sweet Note added, making Sweetheart frown. "Um, Sweetheart, if your not comfortable with our scary stories, maybe we should-" April started, trying to help, but Sweetheart cut her off. "NO! I handle it!" Sweetheart insisted, not wanting to ruin their fun, and especially not wanting to look scared. "In fact, I-I'm going to tell a scary story next!" She took the flashlight from Twilight. "This is the story about a scientist." "A mad scientist?" Melody asked, knowingly. "Um, yeah," Sweetheart replied, reluctantly. "The story of, Dr Von Heart..." ------ FRANKENMIKEY AND DR VON HEART On a bright sunny day, in an old village, high up in a old castle. "Wait a minute, little sis," Melody interrupted. "If this is going to be a scary story, it should take play at night!" And as she said that, it became night. "But scary stories can happen in day time too!" Sweetheart stated. And it became day again. "Yeah, but it's better if it were at night," Melody insisted. And the night came back. "Day!" Sweetheart argued. "Night!" Melody argued back. "Day!" "Night!" "Day!" "Night!" As the two sisters argued, the scene changed from day to night on and off. Until. "Morning!" Melody called. "Evening!" Sweetheart shot back. "Day!" Melody said. "Night! Hey?!" Sweetheart said, realizing she had been tricked. "Ugh! Fine, night!" She gave in. "During a lightning storm!" Melody put in. Sweetheart sighed. "During a lightning storm." On a dark night, in a old village, high up in a castle, during a lightning storm, Dr Von Heart was busy preparing an experiment. "Eureka!" Dr Von Heart exclaimed. "I've done it! I've created... the perfect PB and J sandwich!" She held up a plate in triumph. "And a very nutritious one I might add!" "Hold on!" Melody interrupted again. "That's not scary!" "It's not?" Dr Von Heart asked, looking at the forth wall. "Duh! If you want it to be scary, Dr Von Heart should instead be making a monster!" "Monster!" Dr Von Heart gasped, dropping her sandwich. Then she saw a large figure laying underneath a sheet. "That's right! The monster know as FrankenMikey!" Melody said, dramatically, as the figure rose up dropping off the sheet to reveal Mikey dressed as Frankenstein. "Although, he could be a bit bigger then that." "How much bigger?" Dr Von Heart asked worriedly. "Gigantic sized!" Then FrankenMikey grew bigger and bigger until he was as big as the whole castle. Dr Von Heart screamed and ran around in a panic. "That's not what I had in mind!" She shouted at the forth wall. Then FrankenMikey burst threw the castle walls and lumbered off toward the town grunting, "PIZZA!" "No! FrankenMikey!" Dr Von Heart called out. "Stay away from the village!" Two villagers, who looked like Rarity and Sweetie Belle were walking along when they saw FrankenMikey and the Rarity villager let out a high pitched scream, "MONSTER!" Another villager who looked like Raph saw FrankenMikey and said, "Not again!" Right before he was stomped. "PIZZA!" FrankenMikey roared, as he began smashing and tearing apart the whole village as the villagers ran away in terror. Soon, they had all gathered together, shouting in fury. For they all knew who was responsible for the monster. "It was Dr Von Heart!" A villager who looked like Trixie shouted. "I knew she was trouble!" A villager who looked like Octavia added. "Let's get that mad doctor!" The Raph villager growled. And all the villagers chanted, "GET DOCTOR VON HEART!" They gathered their torches and pitchforks and stormed their way into the castle. Then they burst into the lab to find the doctor with her back to them. "There she is!" A Flash villager pointed. "Alright, Missie!" A Applejack villager said, walking up to her. "You gotta pay for unleashin' that there monster on us!" But when she turned her around, she and the villagers gasped when they saw it wasn't Doctor Von Heart, but a dummy wearing her lab coat. "We've been duped!" Then they heard a horse whinnie and looked out to see Doctor Von Heart galloping away out of town on a horse. She knew the towns folk would come after her, so she was prepared. She looked back and smiled to herself. "I made it, I made it!" She exclaimed, then she screamed and pulled her horse to a stop. She may have escaped from the angry villagers, but only to run right into FrankenMikey. The giant monster reached down and grabbed the doctor. "No! Let me go!" Doctor Von Heart cried. "What are you doing?" "PIZZA!!!" FrankenMikey bellowed, and held her over his open mouth. "Stop! NOOOOOOO!" Doctor Von Heart scream. FrankenMikey let go and dropped the screaming Doctor Von Heart into the darkness of his stomach! ------ Sweetheart screamed in terror. "Wow, Sweetheart," Mikey said, in awe. "Your story was so scary, you scared yourself! Impressive!" Melody just snickered. Fluttershy went over to comfort Sweetheart. "It's okay, Sweetheart," she said. "It was just a story." "Yeah," Donnie added. "I mean, who ever heard of monster that size?" "Well, there was Chompy's mom, Tokka," Mikey pointed out. "Mikey!" His brother shouted, as that only made Sweetheart tremble even more. "I mean, she was a friendly giant monster, who definitely would not eat little girls," he said, and Raph smacked him up side. "Maybe I should take Sweetheart home," Melody suggested. "No way, Melody!" Sweetheart said. "I'm not backing out now!" "Sweetheart, I don't think you should sit through this if it's just gonna keep making you scared," Applejack said. "I'm not scared!" Sweetheart insisted, and the Turtles and Rainbooms gave her a look. "Well, maybe a little, but I can still do this!" "Sure you can," Patch rolled her eyes. "Scaredy cat!" "What's up with Sweetheart?" Micro Chips asked April. "Sweetheart got scared in a haunted house and I think she's trying to prove that she's brave," she explained. "Are you sure you wanna stay, Sweetheart?" Fluttershy asked. "Yes!" Sweetheart said, sitting back down. "If your sure about it," Leo said. "You’re up, Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash tossed her the flashlight. "Oh, um, okay," Fluttershy said, then she gave a spooky grinn. "This is the story of, The Headless Coachman!" She paused to look at Sweetheart. "Are you sure your gonna be alright?" Sweetheart stubbornly crossed her arms and nodded. Then Fluttershy began. "It was a cold and foggy night, just like tonight..." ------ THE HEADLESS COACHMAN A hundred years ago (1899) on a misty, foggy autumn night, just like tonight, a lonely cabbie (Casey) was driving his carriage. "Oh, Cabbie!" Suddenly, a mysterious lady (VP Luna) hailed the cab; she said she had lost her dog in the park. "I've been quite upset, and I wanted to clear my head. You see, I lost my Scottie dog a few weeks ago, and I'm still hoping to find him. Might we ride about the park?" "Yes, ma'am." It was cold out, and the lady politely offered her red scarf to the cabbie. "It's so cold out. Won't you wear this scarf?" "Why, thank you, ma'am. It is cold out." They had no sooner reached the woods, when the lady sat up, and said, "What's that sound?" The Cabbie looked around, but saw only the dark trees in the fog. "That sounds like my dog! My poor little baby! Follow him. Hurry. Hurry!" The Cabbie didn't want to go too fast; because it was getting darker and foggier the farther they went into the park. But the sound of the dog's barking grew louder. The lady told the Cabbie to drive faster. "Faster, please, I implore you! We're coming, sweetie! We're coming to save you!" It was getting darker, and colder, and foggier by the minute. The wheels on the carriage made a crazy echoing sound as they rattled on the cobblestones, but all the time, the dog kept barking. And the lady kept yelling, "Faster, do you hear? Faster, I say! We must save my doggie! I see him!” ‘He's just ahead of us,’ the lady screamed. The dog's barking echoed like crazy, and horses hooves were clambering on the cobblestones. The Cabbie hung onto the reins as the horse pulled the carriage as fast as he could go. And now, he could see the gaslights at the end of the tunnel. Suddenly, the lady stood up and screamed, "Watch out!" It was a man with a huge, golden hook for an arm! "Argh!" And they barely missed him! They swerved at the end of the tunnel and off the main road and down a steep hill. The Cabbie hung onto the reins and tried to pull up his horse. "That's him! My doggie's down the hill! Go down there! Hurry! Hurry!" But the lady beat him on the shoulder, and yelled, "Faster! Faster! My doggie! My little Scottie doggie!" No one saw the low branch hanging over the path until the Cabbie's red scarf twisted around, and caught onto it! And then, of course, it was too late. The horse kept pulling the carriage, only now the reins were held by...the Headless Cabbie! ------ “People say that to this very day, when the fog comes down on quiet autumn nights, you can still hear the barking of the demon Scottie dog. You might also hear the rattling of the carriage wheels on the cobblestones. And then, it won't be long 'til you hear the laughter of the horrible ghost lady, and the next thing you'll see, coming at you out of the fog, will be the haunted carriage, driven by...THE HEADLESS CABBIE!” Fluttershy finished with an evil laugh before curling up with fear. “Impressive story, Fluttershy.” Karai smiled. “Nearly jumped in my seat.” Chuckled Scootaloo. “it wasn’t too scary for you, was it, Sweetheart? Sweetheart?” Everyone looked to see Sweetheart frozen like a statue and tipping over. “Looks like she’s scared stiff.” Casey poked her. “oh my!” Fluttershy whispered. "Hang on, Sweetheart!" Pinkie took out a paper bag from her hair, blew it up, and popped it over Sweetheart, startlingly her awake. "AAAAAHHHHH!!!" She screamed in a fit of hysterics. "HEADLESS COACHMAN! KILLER PRIEST! GHOSTS! EVIL JACKET! FRANKENMIKEY!!!" "Hey hey hey, Sweetheart, Sweetheart," Leo patted her on the back. "Calm down, it's okay. The Rock N Beats burst out laughing. "We knew it!" Ace said. "We knew you were too much of a Scaredy Cat to do this!" Patch added. Sweetheart snapped out of her fright and glared at her friends, "I'm not a Scaredy Cat!" Grinning, Melody held up her phone and played a video of Sweetheart screaming in terror when Pinkie woke her up. "Aaahhh, help me! Help me!" Clover mocked, imitating Sweetheart. "So much for 'I can do this'!" Lancer said. Melody pinched her little sister's cheek. "Aww, hope your not too scared to preform at the Halloween concert with us..., Scaredyheart!" She laughed. "I am not a Scaredyheart!" Sweetheart snapped. "BOO!" The Note Sisters jumped scared her from behind. "AAHHH!" Sweetheart jumped up, screaming. "Scaredyheart!" They sang, as the Rock N Beats laughed again. "That's it!" Sweetheart yelled. "I'm going home!" Then she stormed out of the garage, slamming the door behind her. The Rock N Beats just continued to laugh, until they noticed the Turtles, Allies, and Rainbooms glaring at them. "Not cool, little dudes and dudettes!" Sandalwood said, crossing his arms. "So not cool!" "Yeah!" Mikey added. “Dontcha think that was uncalled for?” Applebloom scolded. “Even we aren’t that mean to Fluttershy!” Rainbow added. “Shini and I will go talk to her and hopefully convince her to come back.” Karai said as she and Shinigami got up and left the barn. “Good idea.” Sunset nodded. Leo then turned to the Rock n’ Beats. “You guys are welcome to stay, but when we’re done, or if Karai does bring Sweetheart back, you are ALL going to apologize to her. Got it?” The kids looked down showing remorse. “Yes, sir.” Lancer answered. As the group got settled down again, Sweetie Belle looked towards the garage door. “I’m just sorry we aren’t the ones looking for Sweetheart.” “Not to worry, Sweetie.” Rarity rubbed her sister’s shoulder. “I’m sure Karai will help her.” “And I’m sure things will work out in the end.” April added. “And besides, our turn is coming up.” Scootaloo mentioned. “So let’s get down to the scares!” Then we’ll go to Sweetheart.” Casey promised. As everyone went back to tell more stories, Melody lingered behind and scoffed to herself. "It's not my fault Sweetheart can't be brave, like me!" She began to sing to herself, as she imaged herself being brave while Sweetheart was being scared... To Be Continued