//------------------------------// // A Haunting We Will Go // Story: Count's Traveling Haunted House // by misskoifishpony //------------------------------// Discord magically transported them in front of the castle. The gang saw a magic detector and remover, similar to the one from the Equestrian Games, and a small stand next to it. The pony in charge of this stand was Derpy. She was wearing a purple and green witch hat and cape for her costume. She waved at the visitors and exclaimed "HI GUYS!" The mane 6 waved back at Derpy and returned her excited greeting. Rainbow said with a grin "What are you doing here Derpy?" Derpy explained "I'm here helping out Count Batula with his haunted house. I get to greet ponies I know and don't know, then see their terrified faces escaping out the castle every 5 minutes! I also get paid in muffins and candy!" Pinkie gasped "HE PAYS YOU IN CANDY?!" Twilight grabs Pinkie by the mane in order to pull her back into reality. Derpy instructs the group "Anyway, the haunted house is free. However, Count Batula requires all magical beings enter through machine in order to prevent any pony from ruining the illusions inside." Discord sighed "Ugh, can't we just promise not to use our magic and go in anyway?" Fluttershy remarked to Discord "Discord, if you want to go in the haunted house, we have to follow the rules. You do want to join in, right?" Discord mumbled while crossing his arms "Yes I do." Twilight was the first pony to go through the scanner, then Rarity and Sweetie Belle, and then Discord finishes up the line-up. Although, Discord had to duck his head and half of his body to enter through and in this process, he got stuck. Fluttershy gently pulled him out, and when he came out, Fluttershy's bat like features disappeared. Only her red costume remained. Then Derpy gave them all flashlights, along with a cheerful good luck on their haunting journey. The gang cautiously approached the front doors of the castle. The ginormous doorknobs looked like vicious vampire fruit bats, holding brass rings in their mouths. Discord was the only one that had enough courage for the moment to grab the brass ring and knock on the door. It made the door slowly creaked open. The group took a deep breath in before entering. The inside of the castle was pitch black, so dark that the ponies couldn't see their own hooves walking out before them. They also heard a disturbing silence filling the air of this darkness. Once they were all in, the door rapidly closed behind. This made some of the ponies leap out of fear, thus letting out a couple of sounds of panic. And yet, they continued forward. They were about to turn on their flashlights when they heard a tiny squeak. This was followed by some screaming from Fluttershy and Discord. Twilight quickly turned around, and pointed her flashlight behind her "Fluttershy! Discord!" In the spotlight, she didn't find any pony there. The rest of the ponies of the group saw this and simultaneously called out to Fluttershy and Discord, trying to find them in the spooky hall. Fluttershy's soft voice, muffled by some barrier, called out "Down here!" Rainbow worried voice shouted "Fluttershy?! Where are ya?" Discord responded "Right below you Rainbow. Fluttershy and I fell through a trap door, so now we're in the secret halls underneath the castle floor. I have to admit, this little trick even surprised me. Kudos to Mr. Count Batula for playing this old trick so quickly in the game!" Fluttershy comforted Rainbow "Don't worry Rainbow, we're fine. Discord and I can you and the others at the exit." Rainbow nodded her head and responded "Sounds like a plan. We will meet you guys there." Twilight says "Alright, now let's see if we can…" Twilight was cut off the candles placed all over the walls and furniture in the castle magically lighting themselves. But the candles' glow was not the comforting warmth or light reminisce of a cozy fireplace, but rather, the glow of a dimly lit cave. This light seemed unnatural…as if the light was coming the lava pits of Tartarus. All of the sudden, music started to play. With no known resources of instruments or music players to be seen. They couldn't see any pony, but they could hear them creepily sing along with the melody… Colts and fillies of every age, Wouldn't you like to see something strange? Come behold a ghastly sight! This, our castle, on Nightmare Night! Then monstrous ponies slowly creeped out of their unusual hiding spots and approached the visitors in front of them. This made the gang back away from them in terror because these ponies' costumes looked too real to be fake. They looked too scary to be true ponies underneath their disguises. These petrifying creatures sang… This is Nightmare Night! It is such a fright! Pumpkins scream in the dead of night! The pumpkin lyrics triggered disturbing carved pumpkin, with their faces oozing with pumpkin guts from their mouths and eyes, to drop from the ceiling and appear before the gang. This made them shriek and run away from the demented pumpkins. However, the gang immediately ran into more monstrous ponies. The monstrous ponies sang evilly… This is Nightmare Night, every pony turn out the light! Trick or Treat Till the neighbors gonna die of fright! It's our castle, every pony scream! Nightmare Night is on the scene. This made our heroes back up towards a fine gold and antique table. But they soon discovered a large and hairy were pony hiding underneath. He clawed beneath their hooves and sang in a deep voice… I am the one hiding under your bed. Teeth ground sharp and Eyes glowing red. Our heroes quickly scurried away from the were pony, but ran into a green pony hanging about on a giant spider web. The green pony had snake heads for her front hooves and silky spider webs for her mane. She sang… I am the one hiding under your stairs, Hooves like snakes and spiders in my hair! The gang cried in terror at the sight of this snake pony, and tried running toward the entrance. But they stopped by the mob of scary pony creatures. They proudly sang to them… This is Nightmare Night, This is Nightmare Night. Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! The females of the mob began to sing harmoniously… In this castle we call home, Every pony hail to the Nightmare Song. Then a mysteriously red cloaked pony, his hood masking his face in darkness, sang to his scared little visitors with glee… In this castle, don't we love it now? Every pony is waiting for the next surprise! Round the corner, colts hiding in the trash can. Something's waiting to pounce, and how you'll He gave them a playful bite at them and shouted CRY! That made the ponies screamed at this gesture. The mysterious cloaked pony let out a hearty and deep laugh at this and then sang… This is Nightmare Night! Well, aren't you scared? The gang decided to gallop away from the mob, and especially away from the leader of this mob. Nevertheless, the leader sent two flying witches after them and the witches sang… Well that's just fine! Say it once, say twice! Take a chance and roll the dice! Ride with the moon in the dead of night. The monster mob behind the witches yelled out… Every pony Scream! Every pony Scream! Nightmare Night is on the scene! The frightened ponies ran into a wall. They looked up to see a painting of a demented clown pony. But this demented clown started singing to them in his haunting high pitched voice… I am the clown with the tear-away face. Here in a flash and gone without a trace! Then the ponies went a gust of a crisp fall wind blow their mane. They looked to their right, and saw a female white ghost pony. She sang… I am the "who" when you Call "who's there?" I am the wind blowing Through your hair! The ghost pony raised her see through hoof up to an open window high above the scared ponies. The ponies looked up to the window and the window showed the bright and full Harvest Moon, but it was covered in the shadow of the red cloaked pony. He then sang to them… I am the shadow on the moon at night. Filling your dreams to the brim with fright! The monsters began rounding the ponies back into the center of the room slowly, still continuing on with the song… This is Nightmare Night. This is Nightmare Night. Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Then our heroes started to sing nervously, as they stared into the eyes of the creatures before them… Spooky creatures everywhere, Everyone's out to scream and scare. The creature interrupted them with… That's our job! You got that right! In this castle of Nightmare Night! The red hooded pony then made himself known by hanging upside like a bat from the chandelier hanging above the visitors, he sang to them with evil joy… In this castle, don't we love it now? Every pony is waiting for the next surprise! His fellow monsters followed in his excitement and sang after him… This is Nightmare Night. This Nightmare Night. Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! A trio of bat ponies started flying in the air and sang in harmony… In this castle we call home, Everyone hail to the Nightmare song! The gang all of sudden felt a deep shaking underneath their hooves as they huddled closely together at the center of the room. The shaking was followed by magical flying dark tubes and tunnels coming from the ground, the walls, and the ceiling. The first tube sucked in Pinkie Pie and the CMC into the left wall. The second tube sucked in Rainbow Dash and Stellar Eclipse into the right wall. The third tube sucked in Rarity and Spike into the ceiling. And the final tube sucked in Twilight and Applejack into the ground. While this was happening, the monsters all cheerfully sang together while waving their claws and hooves in the air… Lalalala Lalalala Lalalala Lalalala Nightmare Moooooon!