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// Chapter 19 - Nightmare Night 
// Story: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Friendship is Magic 
// by Werewolf Cheetara 
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Chapter 19
Nightmare Night


Finally the night of the famous Nightmare Night Had finally arrived to the citizens of Equestria, as the decorations were hung, the festivities were set, and the ponies enjoying the autumn night of fun, and magic. Among those ponies were the element of honesty, Applejack, and the red ranger, Jason Lee Scott. A.J. was dressed in her usual Scarecrow costume, nothing too horrific. More of the friendly nature as to the horror cliché. Jason on the other hand decided to go with something scary, but not too horrific for the little ones.

“I got to admit, Jason. That’s a mighty creepy costume you’ve got on.”
“Well…It’s the only thing I could come up with.”
“Don’t worry. Ah think it suits you. Besides, it’s not every nightmare night that you’d spend your time with a ranger.”
“I guess not.”
“come on now. We’ve got to meet up with the others up at the castle now.”
“Right behind you.”

As they pressed onward, the two ponies looked around as they saw that a good portion of the fillies were all dressed up for the evening, making their way from house to house. Most of them were wearing their own version of the power rangers. 

“I guessed that talk in the classroom did inspire them…in more ways than one.”
 "There’s a saying… you’re only big around Ponyville when everyone’s dressing up like you.”

Passing by the two were Snips, and Snails. Instead of rangers, like everyone else. The two decided to dress as Princess Twilight Sparkle, and Rarity.

“Hey Snails…You’re wings are slipping.”
“I just don’t get it. I can never seem to get these thing secured.”

He then turns his belt around, and readjusts his cardboard wings so they looked properly spread out.

"You still look like her. That’s the main thing.”
“Yeah…the princess sure is pretty isn’t she?”
“Come on! The girls are waiting for us already.”

With that said, the two colts dashed off into the night, in the hopes to catch up with the cutie mark crusaders.

”….….”

Jason couldn’t help but laugh a bit after seeing the colts in their costumes.

“Heh heh…like you said, you’re only big when they’re dressing up like you.”
“…I REALLY hope Ah don’t run into another me tonight.”

He then slightly nudges her on the shoulder with his muzzle.

“A.J.? Twilight’s remember?”
 “Uh…right.”

Meanwhile, in the palace of Rita Repulsa, the empress, and changling queen were in the throne room. Pondering upon their next plot to eliminate their foes. The only problem was…they were stumped. Throughout the last couple of days, the two rulers were completely without an idea.

“Come on, Chrissy. You must have at least some idea.”
“Well…What if we…no…you already told me how that one ended.”
 “Maybe we could…ugh! I tried that one. So did you!”

While the two rulers continued to think, they were constantly hearing argumentation coming from both Squat and Baboo, one in which they were blaming each other as usual for their empresses failures.

“You idiot! You should’ve helped more often, than cower behind me!”
“Hey! I do too help!”
“Nu-uh!”
“Uh huh!”
“You know. It’d be much easier if we had rangers of our own!”
“Yeah! I getting sick of this!”

As the two continued to squabble from afar, Rita couldn’t bear to listen to it any further. She then decided to put the two in their rightful place.

“THAT’S IT! I CAN’T TAKE THOSE MORONS ANYMORE!”

Using her unicorn horn, Rita then grasped a tight grip of her staff, and then proceed her way towards the two monster, when suddenly, a bug like hoof placed itself on her shoulder. Rita looks back to see that it was Chrysalis. Ceasing her before doing any harm.

“Rita wait…did you hear what those buffoons said just now?”
“Those idiots say a lot of garbage.”
“Perhaps… But there was one piece of garbage that sparked my interests.”
“…….You can’t be serious.”
“Now hear me out. What if indeed we did acquire rangers of our own?”
“I tried that, and look how that turned out.”
“Oh…but why just settle for one, my friend?”
“Do go on.”
“I happened to be in the castle’s library the other day. In the archive section, and happened to stumble upon an account of a…alternate dimension.”
“Ugh…There’s a lot of those down there. What of it?”
“Now this dimension, has rangers of its own. But these ones were different, and so was its version of you, your highness. Now, hear me out. Suppose we could kill tow bird with one stone?”
"Giving the earth to the other me is one bird…but what makes you think they’ll listen to us if we brought them here?”
“Not us…”

There was then a glowing aura of light coming from Chrysalis’ horn, and in a blinding flash of light, Rita then discovered that instead of Chrysalis standing before her…she then saw the likeness of Equestrias’ ruler, princess Celestia. The only detail that remained of Chrysalis were her dark eyes, which then changed into Celestia’s eyes in a blink of the lashes.

“But perhaps they’ll listen to Princess Celestia.”
“Wha…How’d you…?”
“Changelings, remember?”
“Right…this may just work. FINSTER!”

Shortly after his name was called out, Finster walked into the throne room, with a sculpture in hand of a new monster.

“Yes my queen?”
 “How far have you gotten to the time device?”
"It still needs time to be properly…”
“Is it, or is it not operational?!!”
"…It is...but it has limited power.”
“How much power exactly?”
“Enough to send, or pull in…six.”

Upon hearing that number, Both Rita and Chrysalis could not hold back two evil, scheming smiles of joy form their faces. Although Finster has seen this face upon multiple occasions, it still terrifies him to see his queen smile in such a manner.

“…..You’re…highnesses?”
 “Finster, I want you to accompany Chrysalis to the Library. There’s a certain archive that’ll be most useful to our cause. I want you to accompany my friend here to retrieve it”
 “I will explain both the book’s and device’s purpose on the way, dear Finster.”
“Of course your majesty. *to Rita* as you command, my empress.”

Chrysalis then departed from the throne room. Accompanied by Finster, they then proceeded down a long corridor that lead to other parts of the castle. Alone, and bursting with joy, Rita walked out into the cold partly cloudy night, could not hold back such a maniacal laughter that could be heard from miles around mostly due to the megaphone like passages of the mountains in which her palace stood. She knew that this would surely be a night to remember, as both the end of the rangers, and the dawn of both chrysalis’s reign, as well as hers on earth.