After giving Button Mash the scolding of his life, we ended up letting Dazzle, who had passed out, stay asleep in a basket with a little trash can nearby. Dad was not going to be happy with me...
“Well, we might as well decide on the first movie now, and I’ve got the perfect one!” He presents us with a DVD case that reads “The Curse of the Midnight Sun.” He smiles gleefully.
Silver Spoon is the first to question whether this movie is any good or not, but he insists we watch it. It’s apparently about the day the sun goes black, and a pack of teenagers are stuck in the Everfree Forest when it happens. Supposedly all sorts of scary stuff starts happening because of it. I look at the door to the main hall. Whatever it is it’s probably better than spending my time partying to that electronic music with all the other guests.
“Fine, Mashed Potatoes, it couldn’t possibly be that scary, but I’ll watch it anyway.”
After all, how bad could it be?
Bad. Bad and scary. Scary and cheesy, but still scary.
It all begins with a story that had been passed down for hundreds of years. About “The Curse of the Midnight Sun.” I thought the title drop was a bit cheesy, but it goes on to explain that every 112 years the sun goes black at high noon. When it does so, all sorts of monsters in the everfree forest come out to play and drag innocent villagers back to the forest! The black sun lasts all the way to Midnight, and it’s said when midnight comes, any creature in the everfree forest is killed, and new ones take their place. This includes the ponies dragged into the forest too... Not that I’m creeped out or anything!
“Oh come on, you can totally tell that’s a fake monster!” My best friend continues to rant off about how this movie looks so fake and stuff like that. Honestly, is she scared of anything?!
“Eh heh heh... Yeah, I mean, you can totally see the wires! Heh...” Mashed Potatoes is trying to act cool, but he’s shaking like a leaf! At least I’m not the only one scared... But why is it him?! Didn’t he pick out this movie? Is he trying to impress someone...
That... That trickster! He’s trying to get close to Silver Spoon again! I just know it! I mean, he’s not putting his hoof around her or anything like that but I just know this is some ploy to get closer to her! Well, if that’s the case, I want no part in it!
“Hey Diamond? Where are you going? You’re not scared of the movie, are you? It’s just a bunch of creeps in costumes using fake blood and out of nowhere screamers too-”
Suddenly, we hear an otherworldly groan coming from somewhere in the room.
“What is that? I... I... I don’t want to be eaten by a monster!” Button screams and runs out of the room and presumably out of the house. I kind of share his sentiments, but I’m more concerned with where that groaning is coming from!
“Silver... Where is that sound coming from?!”
“It’s obviously just some prank by Button or something! No way something like that could be real! No way! Nuh uh!”
We hear the groan again, and it’s closer this time! Silver pulls me close and gives me some DVDs. “Throw this at it once it gets close, we can’t afford to let it eat the guests!”
“What if it’s already eaten the guests?! This room is soundproof, remember?!”
A monster-like shadow on the wall is getting closer as we speak. It moves in zig zags, as if it’s foreseeing our attack! This is it... We can’t let it eat us!
“ATTACK!”
“I can’t believe you and Silver attacked poor Dazzle! Not to mention let him get drunk! He was supposed to take care of you, but you were also supposed to take care of him!”
I stand in front of my father with my head lowered to the ground... I know he’s upset with me, and why shouldn’t he be? I completely messed up this party... This is the second one this week! This is just bad luck at this rate...
“Up to your room! Now! I’ll think about your punishment later!”
I trudge up to my room, thinking about how this day couldn’t get any worse. Dazzle lay in the basket in my room. He looks up and glares at me, trying to go back to sleep after a few seconds. Sleep sounds good right now, I’ll try to get some myself.
Stupid party, why did it have to have that stupid punch...
Stupid Button, why did he have to pick out such a scary movie...
Stupid Dazzle, why’d he have to get thirsty...
Stupid me, why’d I have to get so scared...
Shouldn't’ be thinking, need to be sleeping. But everything... is... so stupid... Zzzzzzzzzz.
The sound of a crash startles me awake. I look around my room, to find no one, not even Dazzle, there. It must have come from downstairs... I... I should go check.
Is it just me, or do the stairs seem longer? It must be my eyes. I walk into the kitchen and see something horrifying.
“Dad! DAD!” My Daddy is being dragged off by a giant black monster! I have to save him! “Get back here! No one lays a hoof on my Dad!” I chase after it outside, I chase and chase, I don’t know how long, but before I know it...
“The Everfree Forest?! Oh... I hope Luna’s Moon will shine...the...way?” I can’t be seeing that, no way can that be real! But... That isn’t the moon... That’s the sun! And it’s dark! A deep, dark, red! I... I... AHHHHHHHHH!
Suddenly I’m back in my room, and my Dad is right there in front of me. I can’t hear what he’s saying to me, I just hug him and hug him until I can’t hug him anymore... That dream... It felt so real... My hooves actually feel sore from all the running I did... But how could a dream feel so real?!
“I’m sorry, Dad! I’m sorry for ruining that party! I’m sorry for nearly hurting Dazzle! I... I thought he was a monster! And I just can’t stop thinking about the monsters in that movie! Please don’t be mad at me! And please don’t let the sun turn dark!” I just hug my Dad, continuously apologizing with tears running down my face. When I finally stop hugging him, he looks at me with pitiful eyes.
“Dear, you were just frightened. Dazzle let me know once he got over the hangover. I let you sleep in today, and called you in sick to Cheerilee. You shouldn’t have watched such a scary movie, especially at your age... I’m going to have to have a talk to Button’s mother about staying out of the R-rated movie cabinet.”
“Sniff... Ok, Daddy...”
“Now go on, get some sleep. You don’t need to worry about anything. I’ll always be there for you.”
I don’t know why, but with those words... I felt a lot better. And although I would still have nightmares occasionally, they usually weren't nearly as bad as that one.
Thanks Daddy, I hope we never ever, ever grow apart.