> Library of Scary Stories
>  by XtraL1fe
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> The Party is Ruined! Or is it? (Don't worry, it's not.)
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Darkness spread throughout Ponyville as little tiny stars and a full moon brightened up the sky. Accompanying the stars were lights hanging around Ponyville for the Nightmare Night celebration. Ponies everywhere were busy with Nightmare Night activities; little foals were going door to door asking for candy, Bon-Bon was bobbing for apples; Bon-Bon was tossing a spider toy at a web, a bunch of ponies gathered around a stage listening to the music being performed by the musicians, Bon-Bon was busy making extra candy and treats with a pony named Coconut Cream, and Bon-Bon was having an intellectual conversation about the origins of Nightmare Night with Bon-Bon. But not everypony was outside celebrating Nightmare Night.
Lights shined out of the library which was only opened to party guests of Twilight Sparkle’s Nightmare Night party! Inside, Twilight and her friends were enjoying the party and its festivities. Decorations such as balloons, and streamers were everywhere as music played all around the library. Over by the punch bowl Twilight and Pinkie were conversing with one another,
“Great party Twilight,” Pinkie Pie said while jumping up and down in her candy bar costume, “and by the way, I really love your dentist costume!”
“Dentist costume!? Pinkie, I’m Scary Nellie’s ‘Sciencestein’!!” Twilight exclaimed.
“You’re silly; everypony knows that ‘Sciencestein’ was the name of the monster!”
“No it wasn’t!” Twilight groaned, “The scientist’s name was ‘Sciencestein’ and the monster was just ‘The Monster’!”
“That’s funny, that’s not how I remember it.” 
“Have you even read the book?”
“Nope, but this one cartoon I watched made a reference to it! And they called the monster ‘Sciencestein’!”
“Oh brother…” Twilight groaned.
Next to the punch table was a table filled with all sorts of treats provided by the Sugarcube Corner. The table was filled with all sorts of treats such as cupcakes, cookies, doughnuts, small pies, croissants, and various pastries…well it was. More than half pastries have disappeared thanks to a certain dragon who was with a certain group of crusaders…(I’m referring to Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders in case you didn’t know.)
“Mmm! These cakes are delicious!!” Spike exclaimed in his knight outfit as he shoved more pastries down in throat.
“Don’t ya think that ten doughnuts, thirty three and one third cookies, seven croissants, and two and a half small pies are more than enough, Spike?” an annoyed Apple Bloom asked in her zombie costume. “Save some for the rest of us!”
“Hey!” the purple dragon responded while whipping his mouth with his sleeve, “Not all of us here went trick-or-treating like you three did.”
“But we offered you to come with us,” squeaked Sweetie Belle dressed in her hoof-made mummy costume, “and for some reason you didn’t come. We figured somepo- uh I mean, some dragon like you would like getting free candy.”
“I do, it’s just that trick-or-treating isn’t as fun as it used to be.” Spike replied, “I guess I sort of grew up.”
“Grew up!?” asked Scootaloo in her store-bought Wonderbolt costume, “Don’t you sleep with a teddy bear every night?”
“No!!...Well, only when it’s thundering outside!” Spike blushed, “Besides, trick-or-treating isn’t that great. There are always those ponies that give away pretzels”
“Ugh! I know what you mean!” the orange filly agreed, “Why do some ponies think that pretzels count as candy? It’s annoying! And then there are those ponies give away those activity books with those cheesy Nightmare Night-related jokes! I would rather have sack full of pretzels than just one of those books.”
“Oh yeah, I agree with you all the way.” the dragon and the two other crusaders said in unison.
“But you know what?” Scootaloo continued, “I’d rather have one of those activity books than any of those disgusting circus peanut marshmallow candy-things.”
“Ugh! I’ve always hated getting those things every year!” the dragon knight exclaimed.
“Why would anypony ever buy those things, do they actually know somepony who likes ‘em!?” the zombie farmer asked.
“I’ve never actually had those things because I’m too afraid to have them, because everypony is always telling me how bad they are.” the mummified filly admitted.
All around the room, the costumed ponies conversed with one another about Nightmare Night and their daily lives when all of a sudden they were interrupted by their hostess who levitated her punch glass and started to clink it repeatedly with a spoon until she got everypony’s attention. Spike ran to Twilight’s side as the other ponies then gathered around Twilight to listen to what she had to say, “Alright everypony, now that I have your attention we may now begin our Nightmare Night games!” All the ponies cheered in harmony until Twilight kindly silenced them and continued her announcement, “Before we begin, there are some thanks I’d like to give before begin. First, I’d like to thank Vinyl Scratch for providing this party’s music.”
“Yo! You’re welcome, Twi!” the magenta-eyed DJ shouted from her turntables. (You may argue with me in the comment section below)
Twilight smiled and continued, “I’d also like to thank Pinkie Pie and the Cake family for providing the party with their treats from the Sugarcube Corner.”
“THANKS GUYS!!!” shouted Spike as he grabbed another scone.
The purple unicorn cleared her throat and continued, “I’d also like to thank the Apple family for donating us the apples for our ‘Bobbin for Apples’ game.”
“Aw shucks, it ain’t nothing, Twilight.” Applejack replied in her Leatherface costume, “Ain’t that right, Big Mac?”
“Eeyup.” the red stallion in the grim reaper costume concurred.
Twilight then went on, “Thank you to Rainbow Dash for safely putting thunderclouds around the library for a spooky effect.”
A cyan pony in a Daring-Do costume then got up and shouted, “She’s talking about me! I did it! There’s no need to thank me, but you’re welcome! And further more-”
“Thank you Rainbow,” Twilight interrupted, “I’d also like to congratulate Fluttershy for putting her fears aside by joining us for this lovely party.” The non-costumed Fluttershy blushed and smiled as Twilight continued, “Special thanks to Rarity, because has spent the past 30 days busily making costumes for everypony.
“Oh it was really nothing, darling.” Rarity replied in her witch costume.
“NOTHING!?” Pinkie Pie exclaimed, “If it wasn’t for you Rarity, the majority of the ponies here wouldn’t have had a costume for Nightmare Night! Let’s give three cheers for Rarity.”
HIP! HIP! HIP! HOORAY!
HIP! HIP! HIP! HOORAY!
HIP! HIP! HIP! HOORAY!
As everpony was cheering, Sweetie Belle turned to Scootaloo and asked, “How come you didn’t ask my big sister to make you a Wonderbolt costume?”
“Because this is the officially licensed Wonderbolt outfit,” Scootaloo exclaimed, “it’s like the kind the real Wonderbolts wear!”
Rainbow Dash flew to Scootaloo and examined her costume, “I don’t know kid, I don’t think the real Wonderbolts wear a baggy outfit that has a picture of Spitfire on it and says ‘Wonderbolt’ on it.”
Scootaloo gasped as she looked at her costume, “Oh shoot! You’re right!” the orange filly sighed, “Waste of thirty bits…”
“Quiet!” Apple Bloom whispered, “Twilight is still talking.”
“And lastly,” the purple hostess continued, “I’d like to thank my ‘Number 1 Assistant’, Spike, for NOT dusting the library for a whole month. If it wasn’t for him, then the library wouldn’t have looked as creepy as it does now!”
Everypony stood there in silence as they looked around the library and noticed the amount of cobwebs hanging around. Not a single noise was made until an aquamarine unicorn dressed as Orpheus broke the silence, “So wait…this cobweb I’ve been touching for the past five minutes…is real!?”
“That’s right, Lyra!” the purple unicorn smiled.
Lyra’s pupils grew as she started shaking her cobwebbed hoof rapidly, “Ewwww!! GET IT OFF!!! GET IT OFF!!! GETITOFF!!!!”
As Lyra was busy trying to get the cobweb off of her hoof, Twilight levitated over a list of activities that needed to be done at the party, “First, we’ll all touch the ‘body parts’ of a ‘dead witch’ I found in the Everfree Forest! Then, we’ll play a game of ‘Bobbin for Apples’ and after that we’ll tell scary stories!” Twilight turned to her assistant, “Spike we’ll you help me get the ‘body parts’ out of the kitc-”
CRASH!! BAM!! ZOWIE!! BIFF!!
The door to the kitchen swung open as a gray mare covered in paper bags walked out licking her lips. “MMM! Those were some delicious treats you had in the kitchen Twilight!!”
Twilight’s eyes widen in fear, “Derpy, I didn’t have any treats in the kitchen.”
“What are you talking about, silly!? Of course you did!” the cross eyed pony exclaimed, “They were in paper bags labeled ‘Eyes’, ‘Hair’, and ‘Brains’! The eyes tasted like peeled grapes, the hair tasted like spaghetti, and the brains tasted like tofu!”
Everypony except for Derpy groaned in unison, “Derpy! You ruined the game!”
“Now calm down Bon-Bon.” Twilight said in a composed tone, “We still have our ‘Bobbin for Apples’ game.”
“And speaking of apples, those large bowls of apple soup were also delicious!” the satisfied gray pony exclaimed as the other ponies’ jaws dropped in disbelief, “But you gotta remember to CUT the apples and to COOK the soup! Oh well, I still had every single bowl.”
“You ATE all the apples!!!??? I didn’t know it was possible for anypony to eat that much food!!” Spike said as he gobbled down another doughnut.
The slightly frustrated librarian sighed as she crumbled up her list and threw it away, “Well I guess there’s nothing else left to do but tell stories. Would anypony like to volunteer to tell us the first st-”
A pink hoof stretched up and started waving “OOOH!!! OOOH!! ME!! ME!! Pick me Twilight!! Pick me! Pick me! Pick m-”
“Okay!” Twilight shouted in annoyance, “You can start Pinkie.”
“Alright!!” Pinkie cheered, “Have I got a story for you!!”


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“Uh…Pinkie? We’ve um…been waiting here for a minute and you still haven’t said anything.” Spike said breaking silence.
“Oh! Sorry!” Pinkie giggled, “But I forgot how my story went!” All the others ponies groaned in annoyance.
“It’s okay, everypony.” the purple dragon assured, “I got a story that I know you’ll enjoy! It’s about vampires!!!” All the ponies then gathered around Spike to hear his story.
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> Spike's Story (Part 1)
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Fright Twilight

KABOOM!
The storm roared outside the castle like lion that just woke up. Lightning was cracking hard like priceless China plates being dropped. The crisp wind was blowing like a young foal blowing out birthday candles (it was long, cold, and really wet). In layman terms, there was a thunderstorm outside, and the only thing that could protect Miss Rich Flower was the castle where she was spending the night.
Miss Rich Flower was a young fandango mare who was on her to her mother’s house with her fiancé when all of a sudden their carriage wheel broke off. Unable to find the wheel Miss Rich Flower, her fiancé Dr. Doctor, and their carriage driver had no other choice but to seek help in the nearby castle that was conveniently placed a mile away and also right next to an iHop. As they got closer to the castle, rain started to drizzle down and by the time they got to the front door, it was practically pouring. The owner of the castle was a stallion whose name was Count Dracula. The stallion’s skin was as white as snow, hair was as black as ebony, and his height towered over the three lost earth ponies. Dracula wore a white shirt, with black pants, a black jacket, and a long matching black cape to go with his attire. After introducing themselves and telling him their story, Count Dracula was more than happy to let them stay for the evening. After showing the three ponies to their rooms, Dracula invited them to have dinner with him which they happily agreed to attend.
Anyway, the three earth ponies were seated around a long table that was the length of eight Ping-Pong tables. Even though they were protected from the storm, the ponies could still hear the rain drops hitting the windows hard like skydivers who forgot their parachutes. The young mare shivered when she heard the crack of yet of thunder bolt.
“Is there something wrong, Miss Rich Flower?” the Old Count asked with a smile that could cut open those plastic cases that cover an action figure and are really hard to open.
“Oh nothing is wrong my dear Count,” the young mare replied, “it’s just that…this storm…it frightens me.”
“There’s nothing to worry about darling,” her fiancé smiled, “where are all safe in here. There is nothing to worry about, right Dracula?”
“Right…” the tall pale host smirked. The soon to be wed couple couldn’t help but look at each other and shrug after seeing the Count’s odd behavior. All throughout dinner the Count never even touched his food, instead he would just look at Rich Flower’s neck and lick his lips while mumbling stuff like, “I’m going to bite that neck and suck all the blood…I hope they can’t hear me whisper.” The two weren’t the only ones who noticed it, throughout the whole dinner; their cab driver had a suspicious eye on Dracula, watching him like a hawk.
After finishing her dinner, Rich Flower wiped mouth with a handkerchief and smile, “Thank you again, Count Dracula, for the lovely meal.”
“It was my pleasure, Miss Rich Flower.”
“Count Dracula, you have given us so much that I feel the need to repay you.”
“Oh there’s no need to repay me, my dear.”
“Oh insist! You’ve given us a place to stay and a wonderful meal! I’ll give you anything!
“Well if you put it that way, then I vould like YOUR NECK!”
“My what?”
“I vant…YOUR NECK!”
“Well if that’s all you want, then I’m more than happy to…WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!!??”
Count Dracula glided towards Rich Flower when all of sudden their cab driver tosses some sort of liquid at the Count which caused him to drop onto the dinner table.
“BACK!!! STAY BACK, YOU DEMON!!”the cab driver yelled while holding a small case that was marked ‘Celestial Water’.
“Vampire Slayer, what is he?” the doctor asked their cab driver.
“He’s a vampire!”
Count Dracula got up from the table and started walking towards the cab driver, “I should have known that you were a vampire slayer, Vampire Slayer!!!”
“Well you’re too late!”
“Am I?” the Count smirked as a bat came out of nowhere and knocked the Celestial water out of Vampire Slayer’s hoof. Vampire Slayer looked down at the broken glass in fear when all of a sudden something else caught his eye.
“STAY BACK, FOUL BEAST!!” Vampire Slayer screamed as he held up a slice of garlic bread.
“Ahhh!!!” screamed Count Dracula, “I knew it was a bad idea to serve spaghetti for dinner!!”
Vampire Slayer turned to his two companions, “Run!” And just like that, the three ponies ran out, but then Dr. Doctor immediately ran back in, “Dinner was delicious! Your servant is a talented chef.” After stated that compliment Dr. Doctor then ran to join the other two in escaping.
Faster and faster the three ran, when all of a sudden the front door was seen! Closer and closer they got when all of a sudden they heard a high pitch shriek coming from a bat that was following them! They ran and ran when all of a sudden the bat reached his claws out and then-
“Boring!!”
“Quiet Dash!! You’re ruining the movie!”

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It was movie night at Ponyville’s library and Twilight, Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Spike were gathered around the TV with all eyes on the screen.
“Oh come on Spike, you gotta admit that this is boring stuff.”
“Rainbow!” Twilight Sparkle stated, “Tonight is Spike’s turn to pick out the movie. You wouldn’t like it if he kept talking during your movies, right?”
“…I guess so.” Rainbow sighed as she continued to watch the screen. 
“Ahhh!! He’s got me!! Run Flower, run!!” Dr. Doctor screamed as Count Dracula bit the doctor’s neck. After the Count sucked the last drop of the poor doctor’s blood, he got up and looked right into Rich Flower’s eyes.
“It’s your turn, Flower…”
“Speaking of turns,” Pinkie interrupted, “whose turn is it for next week’s movie night?”
Spike let out a large obnoxious groan at Pinkie’s interruption as Twilight levitated a list to her, “Let’s see…a few weeks ago Rarity chose ‘The Notebook’.”
“That was boring…” the cyan Pegasus commented.
“Only to those who do not understand true cinema, darling.” Rarity added.
Twilight rolled her eyes as she continued reading, “Anyway, two weeks ago Pinkie Pie chose ‘The Kentucky Fried Movie’.”
“Ah didn’t really get that movie. What was the plot of it again?” Applejack asked.
“There was no plot silly!” Pinkie answered, “It was just a bunch of silly sketches.”
“Oh that’s what Ah thought,” the farmer replied, “but I’m the kind that prefers to watch movie with a plot in it.”
Twilight cleared her throat getting everypony’s attention, “And a week ago I chose that interesting documentary on magical spells performed during the middle ages.”
“Now THAT was boring!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
“OKAY! Is there anypony else that wants to make a comment?!” Twilight sarcastically asked, “Anypony!? Really? Nopony? Because every time I state something from this list somepony seems to have something to say…Okay anyway, this week Spike chose ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Steven Spielberg Production: Bram Stocker’s Dracula by Tim Burton, Presented By Lauren Faust, by M. Night Shyamalan’. Fluttershy’s turn is next week, then it is Rainbow’s, and then it’s Applejack’s.”
“Oh come on!” Rainbow Dash groaned, “I have to week TWO WHOLE WEEKS for it to be my turn!? Oh well, I guess I can wait…So what are you going to pick out next week Fluttershy?...Fluttershy? You there?”
The others looked around the room, but the timid yellow Pegasus was nowhere in sight. For a moment there, the group thought that Fluttershy had gone home until they heard a certain pink pony chant, “I found her! I found her! I found her!”
Poor Fluttershy was hiding under a small rug in fear. Rarity was the first to break the silence and to comfort their friend, “Fluttershy, darling, it’s only movie. It isn’t real.”
“Yeah Fluttershy!” Pinkie chimed in bouncing towards the frightened pony, “Vampires aren’t real!”
“But they’re still…sooo…scary…” the yellow Pegasus whimpered.
“It’s alright Fluttershy,” Twilight smiled as she levitated remote towards her, “we don’t have to watch this anymore.” And with her hoof Twilight clicked the pause button on the remote.
“But…but…TWI!” Spike whined, “Tonight was my night! That’s not fair!”
“Oh I’m sorry Spike,” the librarian apologized, “But it is getting pretty late and we don’t want our friends to go home after midnight now, do we?”
“I-I-I guess so…” the purple dragon frowned.
“Tell you what Spike, once our friends leave, we’ll finish the movie together. How does that sound?”
A small smile appeared on Spike’s face “Well…”
“And I’ll pop you more popcorn.”
“DEAL!”
The six ponies and one dragon then proceeded to the front door, each exchanging good byes to one another. When Rainbow then noticed one of her friends was still frightened.
“Hey Shy?” the rainbow mane pony said causing her friend to look at her, “Do you want me to walk you home?”
The shy pony smiled, “I’d love that, well…if it’s not any trouble.”
“It’s no trouble at all, Shy. Let’s go.” The Pegasi started to head outside only to be stopped by their other friends.
“If y’all don’t mind, but would it be alright if I also accompany Fluttershy on her way home? It is nearby the farm.” Applejack offered.
“I would also like to partake.” Rarity said, “That is, if it isn’t any trouble, dears.”
“Yeah, me too!” Pinkie chimed in, “I want to join the fun!”
“Come on Spike,” Twilight chuckled, “we’re going too.”
“Okay!” Spike said while climbing onto Twilight’s back, “We’re still going to finish the movie, right?”
“Yes Spike.” Twilight rolled her eyes as she trotted out the doors with her friends. As soon as everypony was out of the library, the seven friends started to head towards Fluttershy’s house when all of a sudden something caught Pinkie’s eye.
“OHMYGOSHGUYS!! Look!” Pinkie gasped and pointed to the house that was to the right of the library.
“Pinkie, that house has been emptied for years,” Rainbow Dash groaned, “what’s there to look at?”
“Those ponies!” Pinkie said as she pointed at two earth ponies that were bringing luggage and other stuff into the once empty house. One of the ponies was a young pale stallion with a perfect dark black mane, whose cutie mark was blocked by a long black cape. The other pony was a young pale mare whose mane was brown, and her cutie mark was a white chess queen. The group couldn’t help but stare at the unexpected newcomers of Ponyville.
“Well what are we waiting for!? Let’s go meet our new frineds!” Pinkie shouted as she bounced to the strange new ponies.
“Now Pinkie,” Twilight said while running after her cheerful friend, “we don’t want to wake up the whole neighborhood.” The other four ponies followed Pinkie, Twilight, and Spike to the new ponies that just arrived, and of course it was Pinkie who broke the ice.
“Hey!” the pink party pony greeted the two ponies.
“Berry!” shrieked the mare while hugging the stallion tightly.
“It’s okay, spider-monkey. Everything’s alright.”
Twilight and her friends were just in time to witness the strange dialogue that was exchanged between the two new characters. After giving her friends a look that said “Yeah, I just heard him call her ‘spider-monkey’, let’s hope that that’s not her real name’, Twilight decided to say hi to the new neighbors,
“Hi! So my friends noticed you two putting stuff into that old house so we assumed that you two were new to the neighborhood, and we decided to drop by…”
The two ponies gave Twilight a look that looked that they were staring into space. Twilight decide it would be best to introduce herself and her friends, “Oh where are my manners? My name is Twilight Sparkle and on my back is my close friend and personal assistant, Spike.”
“‘Sup?” the dragon greeted.
“Over there is Applejack.”
“Howdy.” Applejack welcomed.
“Right next to me is Fluttershy.”
“Hello…” the shy pony smiled.
“On my left is Rarity.”
“Hello dears, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
“And over there is Rainbow Dash and I see you have already met Pinkie Pie.”
“Wait!...” the pale mare paused while biting her lip, “Which one is Pinkie Pie and which one is Rainbow Dash?”
Twilight and Spike looked at one another in disbelief and then turned back towards the two ponies, “The pink pony is Pinkie Pie and the pony with the rainbow mane is Rainbow Dash.”
Oh…I…uh…knew...th-that…” stuttered the mare.
“I see…” the purple unicorn replied, “So anyway, who are you guys and where are you from?”
“Oh right, sorry.” the stallion apologized, “My name is Berry Crunch and this is my newly wedded wife, Tasteless Stutter.”
“Just…Stutter…” Tasteless Stutter responded.
“Right spider-monkey,” Berry smiled, “so anyway we’re both from Apploosa and uh….that’s our whole story.”
“You’re from Apploosa?” Applejack asked, “My cousin lives in Apploosa! Did you happen to know a pony name Braeburn while you were living there? Of course you did, it’s a small town. So how were things before you left?”
“These were okay,” the perfectly shaped pale stallion replied, “but things were getting a little too…crazy for us, so that’s why we left.”
“Well I’m sorry to hear that, dear.” Rarity said, “So you two were recently wed? Well congratulations! How long have you two known each other?”
“Less than a year!” Tasteless Stutter proudly responded.
“Less than a year!?” the group of friends asked in harmony.
Tasteless Stutter simply nodded, but she wasn’t looking directly at them. Rarity continued, “So um…how exactly did you two come acquainted with one another? It must be quite an amazing tale.”
“Well…” Stutter began, “It all happened about a few months ago…I was busy with uh-uh-uh-homework late at…night…when all of a sudden I noticed Berry standing out my window staring at me. I asked him what he was doing there and he simply said that he liked watching me all the time…It was then I noticed how perfect Berry was. He had a perfectly shaped head, with a-uh perfectly shaped body, perfectly shaped legs, a-uh perfect tale, a-uh perfect mane, and a-uh perfect flank. And his perfectly green eyes…”
“My eyes are topaz, dear.” Berry corrected.
“Right, I-uh, am sorry…Berry. And uh…that’s um…it.”
“That’s it?!” Rarity asked with a shock expression. She couldn’t believe the whole story! That can’t be love! There should be more to him than just a perfect body! Surely there must be more, “So, when did you know that he was the one?”
“When he said that he would never kill me.” Stutter replied. Rarity and the others just stood there in disbelief.
“I have a question!” Pinkie said while jumping up into the air, “If you’re from then Apploosa why are you pale?”
“Oh my gosh Pinkie Pie!” Rainbow Dash groaned, “You can’t just ask why some ponies are pale!”
“Well,” Twilight interrupted with a nervous grin on her face, “we don’t want to waste anymore of your time and we really must be on our way.”
“It was very nice meeting you all.” Berry Crunch kindly said.
“Oh! And before I forget,” Twilight pointed right towards the library, “I live in that library over there; you and Stutter are always welcomed to come over if you need anything.”
“And I live over at Sweet Apple Acres,” Applejack announced while pointing towards her farm, “You’re always welcomed to come inside and grab some of the finest treats in Equestria!”
“And speaking of treats, you two are always welcomed at the Sugarcube Corner!” Pinkie pointed grabbed out a map of Ponyville and pointed at the Sugarcube Corner, “It’s located right here! Well…technically it’s not on the map but, it’s actually-“
“I think they get it, dear.” Rarity said while putting a hoof on Pinkie’s back, “You two are also welcomed at my boutique in case you need anything.”
“Well that’s very kind of you all, thanks.” Berry Crunch replied.
“Yeah, yeah, don’t mention it!" Rainbow Dash said impatiently, "Now come on guys, let’s go take Fluttershy home!”

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After dropping Fluttershy off at her house, Twilight and Spike headed home to finish their movie and go to bed, after they finished their movie Twilight was the first one to speak up.
“So what do you think of our new neighbors, Spike?”
“I’m not going to lie to you Twi, they seem pretty weird.”
“Yes, something about them did seem a little odd.”
“If you ask me, I think they both need help and that mare needs speaking lessons.”
Twilight giggled, “Now Spike, I don’t want you talking about them like that. They are our new neighbors.”
Spike sighed, “I guess so…”
“It’s really late Spike, you go ahead upstairs and put your jammies on; I’ll take of our popcorn bowl.”
“Really? Are you sure you don’t need any help, Twi?”
“I’m positive, Spike. Plus my laundry should be done in the drawer, so I’ll be able to change and meet you upstairs.”

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“Okay! Thanks Twi!” Spike happily said as he ran upstairs. Twilight smiled at her companion and then turned to her chores.
“And…done!” Spike exclaimed as he buttoned the top button of his green and blue plaid pajama shirt, which of course went along with matching pants. Spike yawned and stretched, and proceeded to the bed when all of a sudden he heard a tapping on the nearby window. The dragon ran to the window and saw it was Owlowiscious who was tapping on the window. Spike opened the window, welcoming in his owl friend, “Hey Owlowiscious, you’re just in time! Twi and I are just about to go to bed, think you can handle guarding the library?”
“Who.”
“Great! And keep an eye on Pee-Wee every now and then, okay?”
“Who.” Owlowiscious flew downstairs. Spike then turned to the window to close it, but then something caught his eye. A light was coming from a window of Berry and Stutter’s house and in it Spike could see two figures doing something strange. Curious to see what was going on, Spike immediately ran to the top of the library where the telescope was. Once he was at the top, the little dragon looked into it to see what was going on. Once he positioned the telescope correctly, Spike was able to see Berry and Stutter clearly. Spike’s eyes widened as noticed that they were…hugging and kissing each other? It looked like they were, but it also didn’t. The purple dragon tried to get a closer look as he saw Berry and Stutter playing with Stutter’s mane.
It was then Berry Crunch did something really weird. He opened his mouth really wide as if he was about to bite onto a large cake, except he was aiming for Stutter’s neck! Spike was shocked! He didn’t know what to do. Should he tell Twilight? No, there wasn’t enough time. Spike then decided to do the first thing that came to his mind.
“Tasteless Stutter, watch out!!” After shouting that out loud, Spike immediately covered his mouth with both of his hands. ‘Why did I just do that?’ he thought to himself, ‘I could have been heard.’ Although he was afraid to, the dragon thought it would be best if he would like into the telescope and there he saw Berry Crunch staring right at him with his green-, I mean, topaz eyes. And then something strange happened, Berry’s eyes glowed as if he was going to kill Spike.
Spike immediately jumped back in fear, it was then he decided to play it safe and hide in his and Twilight’s room. Spike ran as fast as his small legs could run, after entering their room, Spike immediately hid under Twilight’s bed, shaking in fear.
“Looking for something?” said a voice.
Spike screamed at the top of his lungs as a magical glow pulled him out from under the bed, “Ahhhhhhhh!!! NO!! NO!!! NO!! DON’T KILL ME!!” Spike closed his eyes, too afraid to look at the pony’s face.
“What are you talking about? I’m not going to kill you, Spike.” Twilight Sparkle said in calm confused voice. Spike slowly opened his right eye and then his left, and to his relief he saw Twilight standing there in her geeky star and moon printed pajamas.
Tears of joy popped out of Spike’s eyes as he hugged his friend, “Oh Twilight!! It’s you!!”
“Uh…yeah it is me,” the confused unicorn said as she hugged back, “who else would it be?”
Spike froze for a second, “Uh…nopony.”
“Spike is there something bothering you?”
“Well…” the dragon began to think, should he tell Twilight what he just witnessed? Would she believe him or would she yell at him for spying on their new neighbors? Spike decided play it safe, “No, nothing is bothering me.”
Twilight smiled and put Spike back on his feet, “Well I’m happy to hear that you’re okay; now come on, we have to get plenty of rest for our pet play-date tomorrow.” The unicorn then started to get into her bed leaving her friend standing there all by himself.
‘Rest!? How can I rest after what just happened?’ the dragon asked himself, ‘I’m too scared to sleep in my bed all alone…’
“Hey Twi…” the dragon spoke up.
Twilight turned her head to look at her friend, “Yes Spike?”
“Can I…sleep in your bed?”
“For the last time Spike, we are NEVER going to switch beds for one evening! Your basket is just too small.”
“No, I meant…” Spike’s cheek started to red, “Can I sleep with you?”
Those five words made Twilight sit up immediately, “Sleep with me? Are you being serious?” Too embarrassed to make eye contact, Spike just simply nodded at the question. “The last time you asked me that question was when you were litt-, well when we were much younger…Are you sure nothing is bothering you?”
“I’m positive, it’s just that…”
“Oh I get it.”
“You do!?” Spike asked in total shock and fear.
“Yes, that movie scared you, didn’t it?”
Inside, Spike sighed in relief, ‘Whew, I was worried for a second there.’ The young dragon simply looked at Twilight and nodded, “Yeah…that’s why I’m so scared.”
Twilight moved and patted a spot right next to her, “Come here you scaredy cat.” Twilight teased, “There’s plenty of room.” A smile came across Spike’s face as climbed onto Twilight’s bed and cuddle next to her. As he closed his eyes, he could feel two arms wrapped around him, “Oh Spike you silly dragon, all you had to do was ask. You didn’t need to pretend to act like nothing was bothering you.”
“I know…”
“Now don’t hog the blankets!”
“I won’t Twi.”
“Goodnight Spike.”
“Goodnight Twi.”
Twilight immediately fell asleep, as for Spike it was a different story. Spike lied there for hours thinking about the recent events. It was strange that he and Stutter were moving stuff into their house at night all by themselves. It also was strange how early, Berry seemed so welcoming but when he caught Spike spying on him it looked as if he was going to kill him. He also thought how strange it was that Berry was so pale even though he was from Apploosa, one of the sunniest places in Ponyville. He also thought of how Berry wore a long black cape and how it reminded him of the cape of…Dracula! It was then Spike was positive about three things. First, Twilight looked kind of cute in her pajamas. Second, he had bit of popcorn stuck between two of his teeth and that it will bug him until he gets it out. Spike then used one of his claws to pick at his teeth until he got out…it was out! And it felt good to get that bothersome popcorn piece out of his teeth. And third, Berry Crunch was a vampire!
> Spike's Story (Part Deux!)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


Act II: Gesundheit

“Come on Spike! Hurry up; we’re going to be late!” Twilight shouted from downstairs with Owlowiscious perched on her head.
“Hold on! I need to grab my little Pee-Wee!” the dragons shouted from the top of the stairs. “Got him! He was a slippery little fella.” Spike ran down the stairs and onto Twilight’s back with Pee-Wee perched on his shoulder.
“Well it’s about time!” Twilight complained as she turned her back to look at Spike, “You know we wouldn’t be this late if you went to bed on ti-…Spike, what happened to you?!”
The purple dragon looked awful, his eyelids had bags, his eyes were red, and his green scales were uneven. The librarian then sighed at her assistant, “That’s it. No more late nights for you.”
“No, I’m fine Twi! I’m just…uh…”
“I said no more late nights and that is final!”
“You can’t tell me what to do! You’re not my mom!”
“Mom said when she isn’t around I’m the boss of you.”
“Well your mom’s not here!”
“If you don’t listen to me, I’ll tell on you.”
“Then I’ll tell on you for not inviting me to your birthday party!”
“Then I’ll tell on you for nearly destroying Ponyville the day after your birthday!”
“Then I’ll tell on you for performing the ‘Want it, Need it’ spell!”
“Then I’ll tell Rarity that you still pick your nose.” Twilight smirked.
“Then I’ll tell…” Spike sighed, “Okay, you win…” Twilight chuckled in celebration as she trotted to the usual area where her friends meet for their pet play-date.
It was a beautiful summer day in the park! The sun was shining, there were only a few clouds in the sky, the birds were chirping, the air was filed the aroma of flowers, and the ice cream stallion was delivering ice cream to everypony!
The seven friends were all playing with their pets, well, everypony except Spike that is. The dragon just stood there thinking about the events of last night, while his pet phoenix was pecking on his shoulder.
“Oh I’m sorry Pee-Wee; I’m just not in the mood to play.”
“Chirp?” the little phoenix asked.
“Well, I just can’t stop thinking about the events of last night.”
“Chirp?”
“What happened last night?” Spike repeated, “Well, last night I saw Berry Crunch do something…creepy to Tasteless Stutter.”
“Peep?”
“Oh I sorry, I forgot to tell you about that Berry and Stutter are our neighbors. So anyway, I saw Berry attempt to bite Stutter on her neck like a vampire!”
“Chirp?”
“Of course I think Berry’s an actual vampire! He wears a long black cape, his skin is pale, and he has long teeth! So what else could Berry be?”
“What do you mean by ‘What else could I be’?” asked a familiar voice behind Spike.
“Well Berry, I have reason to think that you’re a…BERRY CRUNCH!!” sweat dropped down from Spike’s face as he turned around and saw Berry holding up an umbrella over his head.
“Hello Spike.” Berry Crunch smiled. The other six ponies and their pets stopped playing with one another and went over to greet the pale stallion holding an umbrella.
“Well howdy Berry!” Applejack greeted, “How are you on this lovely day? And where is the Mrs.?”
“Well I’m fine, Applejack and as for Stutter, well she’s…taking a ‘long rest’ after certain events that happened last night…” Spike’s heart skipped a beat when he heard Berry say, “Long rest”.
“Anyway,” Berry continued, “the reason why I came over here is to offer you all to come over to my place for dinner tonight.”
“Well that’s awfully nice of you darling,” Rarity said, “but what’s the special occasion?”
“Oh nothing, it’s just our way of repaying your hospitality you all give me and my wife.”
“Well shucks,” the farm pony responded, “we were just being friendly to y’all. There’s no need to have us-“
“APPLEJACK!” Pinkie Pie gasped in shock, “This nice stallion is offering us FREE food and you’re turning it down!? Shame on you!”
“Ah wasn’t Pinkie, I was ju-”
“I’ve heard enough!” the pink earth pony exclaimed then turned towards the stallion with a large smile on her face, “What time should we be there?”
“Oh…I’d say, uh…7:30.”
“Sounds great!” Pinkie giggled as she jumped up and down.
“Hold on!” Rainbow Dash flew in front of Berry’s face, “You’re not making tacos for dinner, are you?!”
“Uh…no, why?”
“Oh nothing,” the Pegasus said as she gently landed on the ground, “it’s just that I like to eat tacos on Tuesdays, and if I eat tacos twice a week then it feels just wrong. By the way, what’s with the umbrella? It’s not going to rain today. Believe me, cause I’m a weather pony.”
“Oh I know that, it’s just that…uh…” Berry thought for a second, “I don’t want to get sunburned, yeah…sunburned…”
“Well okay, that’s sounds reasonable,” Fluttershy stated, “so we’ll meet you at 7:30?”
“7:30.” Berry confirmed as he walked away, “Oh I just love to have friends for dinner. Now if you’ll excuse me, I must return home to take a long nap myself.” The mares then waved goodbye to their new friend.

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One hour later, the six mares and the dragon decided that it would be best if they return to their homes to perform their duties.
“Hey, are you guys still going to that dinner Berry invited us to?” the cyan Pegasus asked.
“Of course, Rainbow Dash,” Rarity replied, “although those two are a little…odd, I think it would be best if we got to know them better.”
“I’ll say they’re odd,” Pinkie chimed in, “but that’s what makes them special!”
“Did anypony else think that it was a little odd that Berry was carrying an umbrella?” the librarian asked, “Because I don’t even think that it’s bright enough to get a sunburn in this weather.”
“Oh I hear you Twilight,” Rainbow Dash agreed, “I mean no offence to Berry Crunch, but he seems to be something else; like he’s not even a pony, but some other kind of being.”
“Great!” Spike exclaimed, “So I’m not the only one who noticed what Berry really is!”
The six ponies all gave Spike a weird expression, but it was Twilight who spoke, “‘What Berry really is.’? Spike what are you talking about?”
“What I’m talking about is that Berry is not a normal earth pony,” the six mares leaned in closer to Spike as he lowered his voice to a whisper, “after long hours of thinking, I’ve come to the conclusion that Berry Crunch…is a vampire!”
“A what!?” the six Elements asked in harmony.
“A vampire,” Spike answered, “and we must hurry and report him to the police before he kills everypony!”
Twilight and friends just stood there in silence looking at one another, when finally they looked back at their dragon friend and quietly chuckled. Poor Spike’s cheek begin to turn red as he innocently asked, “What? What’s so funny? I-I’m not joking! I’m being serious!”
“Oh Spike,” Twilight gently spoke, “Berry is not a vampire.”
“He is so! And I know it!”
“Oh really?” the librarian asked, “Please tell me; just tell me why you think he is a vampire.”
“Well for one thing, he is REALLY WHITE!”
“So is Rarity. Are you calling Rarity a vampire?” Twilight teased.
“NO!! Would you even think?-NO!! And plus he wears a long black cape!”
“Lots of ponies wear long black capes.” Pinkie replied.
“Oh yeah?” the dragon challenged, “Name five.”
“Let’s see,” Pinkie began, “there’s Bow Tie, Lickety Split, Nighty-Night, Squeaky Clean, and Smooth Moves.”
“Yeah well…” the dragon stuttered, “He-he-he’s under that umbrella!! Yeah, everypony knows that if a vampire goes into the sunlight he will explode!”
“Now Spike,” the librarian began, “for the last time, Berry Crunch is not a vampire!”
“Yeah,” Rainbow Dash said, “and plus, who has ever heard of a vampire named ‘Berry Crunch’? And plus, aren’t vampires supposed to be really strong? That guy looks like he could get beaten up by Pipsqueak.”
“He is too a vampire! And I know it!” Spike protested, “Last night, when I was spying on him, I caught him right about t-”
“You were spying on our new neighbors!? Alright that’s it we’re going home to have a long talk!” Twilight Sparkle yelled as she telepathically pulled Spike onto her back.
“No Twilight, you gotta believe me!”
“Spike, I think you’re just letting last night’s movie get to your head.” Twilight calmly said as she trotted towards the library with Spike, Owlowiscious, and Pee-Wee on her back. Knowing that he could not argue with Twilight, Spike just sat there and sighed as he and Twilight headed towards their home. But he wasn’t going to drop this whole vampire situation, ‘It looks like I’m on my own for this battle.’

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Once he was back at the library, Spike immediately ran to “Mythological Creatures” section to do some research on, you guessed it, vampires. The little dragon flipped through many pages while gathering as much information as he could.
“Let’s see, ‘Vampires’ weaknesses are as followed: Garlic, sunlight, silver bullets, decapitation, stake to the heart, and wolf’s bane.’…Wolf’s bane?” Spike asked himself, “Why would vampires be weakened by wolf’s bane?” Spike thought it would be best if he just shrug it off and continue reading, “Anyway, ‘Vampires are weakened by objects that relate to Princess Celestia; such as Celestial Candles, Celestia statues, and most importantly, Celestial Water.’” Spike shut the book and ran downstairs, but stopped when the sight of an unwanted visitor, Berry Crunch!
Spike hid himself behind a bust of the unicorn statue located in the room. [BUST (noun): A sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest] ‘Maybe he didn’t see me…’ the dragon thought to himself.
“There you are Spike.” Twilight exclaimed startling Spike, “Berry Crunch decided to stop by because he needed a certain book. What was it again, Berry?”
“The Complete Guide to Vampires by Writers Block,” Berry answered.
“Um…it’s right upstairs in the ‘Mythological Creatures’ section.” Spike replied in total fear.
“Can you show him, Spike?” Twilight asked.
“Sure.” Spike said while nervously twiddling his claws, “But…you have to come with me, Twi.”
The librarian looked at Spike in confusion, “Uh, why? You know this library better than I do, Spike.”
“Well because…because…I…uh…found this new spell book! Yeah! And I…do not know where I should put it…because it’s new…and I just found it.”
Twilight sighed in slight annoyance but then smiled and turned to the library’s visitor, “This will just be a second.” She then followed her assistant up the stairs and right into the “Mythological Creatures” section.
“Alright Spike, where’s that new spell book you’re telling me about?” Twilight asked once they reached their destination.
Spike spoke in a whisper, “There is no new spell book.”
“What!?” Twilight whispered back.
“I wanted you to come upstairs with me to tell you that Berry is defiantly a vampire!”
“Not this again.” Twilight groaned, “Spike, how many times do I have to tell you that he’s not a vampire? All he’s doing is checking out a book. Is there a rule that states only vampires can go into libraries to check out books?” Twilight sarcastically asked.
“But not just any book Twi, but a book about vampires!”
“So?! He isn’t the first pony to ask for a book about vampires.”
“But don’t you see, Twilight?” the dragon asked, “He’s obviously trying to learn more about himself.”
“Spike, if he were a vampire, he would already know this stuff because he would be on this planet for hundreds of years!”
“Maybe he’s a newbie.” Spike suggested.
“Maybe YOU need to drop this whole vampire thing and move on with your life.” Twilight said as she levitated The Complete Guide to Vampires off the shelf and trotted down the stairs. After she was down the stairs, Twilight checked the book out for Berry, told him when it was due, and said goodbye to the stallion. Once he left the library Twilight trotted over to her number one assistant, “Spike, I think all this work is stressing you out and causing you to overreact to everything.”
“But-but-but.”
“No but’s,” Twilight said as she gently pushed him outside, “just go outside and take the rest of the day off.” The library’s door was then slammed shut as Spike just stood there outside starring at the door, not knowing what do. When all of a sudden, a voice shouted from behind him,
“Hey!” cold sweat dropped from Spike’s head when saw that it was Berry who was talking to him; “I saw that you were spying on me and Stutter last night. And I don’t like that!” The pale stallion slowly walked towards Spike, while carrying his umbrella over his head. “So? What do you have to say for yourself, dragon?”
Too frightened to respond, Spike just stood there staring right into Berry’s green, I mean, topaz eyes and saw nothing but anger. Too impatient to wait for a response, Berry spoke up, “Listen kid, I don’t want any more trouble from you, got it!?”
Spike tried to respond, but no words came out of his mouth, instead he just nodded.
“Good, cause if I catch you again spying on me, then it’ll be trouble for you and your girlfriend.”
Spike snapped out of his daze and shouted, “Twilight is NOT my girlfriend!
“Really? Oh…I’m sorry,” Berry apologized, “I thought she was your girlfriend because you two were living together and seemed very close.”
“She is not!”
“Okay, okay, okay, jeez! Calm down, kid.”
“Stop calling me kid, my name is Spike.”
“Alright, Spike, jeez…how old are you anyway?”
“I don’t know, like three to five years younger than Twilight.”
“And how old is Twilight?”
“Sixteen to twenty.” Spike answered, leaving Berry standing there confused because he did not get an exact number for either of them. It was then the pale stallion decided that it would be best if he took his leave. As he started to head out, he turned back to the young dragon, “Remember Spike, if I catch you ago, then you are going to get what’s coming to you!”
After Berry was out of his sight, Spike let out all the air he apparently inhaled, “There’s no doubt about it, that colt is evil! But nopony will believe me, if only there were sompony who would.” Just then a light bulb turned on in Spike’s mind, “I got it! It’s a long shot, but they're the only ones that might be able to help me!”

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“So that’s my situation and I need you and the others to help me!”
“He sure sounds like a vampire,” the filly said while taking a sip from her little teacup, “and I should know. Cause I was a vampire for Nightmare Night last year!”
Left with no other choice, Spike was at Sweetie Belle’s house explaining his problem. Nopony was there but him and Sweetie, who were both in her room sitting around a small table with tiny plastic teacups, plates, and a teapot on top of it. Also accompanying the two were a few of Sweetie’s stuffed animals.
“So you’ll help?” the dragon asked while taking a sip from his cup, “More invisible tea, please.”
“I don’t know Spike, that’s your fourth cup.”
“I said more tea!” Spike exclaimed while holding his cup out for more of the imaginary tea. The young filly sighed and grabbed the plastic teacup and poured out the imaginary tea into the dragon’s cup. “Thank you,” he said while taking another sip, “so will you help me?”
“Hmm…I don’t know…”
“Please! I’ll do anything!” the dragon begged, “I’ll do your homework!”
“I don’t need help with my homework.”
“I’ll be your best friend!”
“I already have two best friends.”
Then an idea popped into Spike’s head, “How about this…candy bar?” the dragon offered as he pulled out a chocolate bar.
Sweetie Belle’s eyes widen in awe, “Is that…caramel filled?”
“It sure is,” the dragon grinned as he put the candy bar down in front of Sweetie Belle, “and it’s all yours. Now, do we have a deal?”
Sweetie Belle looked down at the chocolate bar and then back at Spike. How could anypony resist such an offer? But then, an even better idea popped into Sweetie Belle’s head as a sly grin appeared on her face, “Well…I am pretty hungry, and this little candy bar just isn’t enough.”
Spike groaned as he pulled out three more candy bars and piled them onto the one. Sweetie quickly grabbed the four candy bars and counted them as her grin grew bigger, “Okay,” she said as she extended her hoof towards Spike, “you got yourself a deal.”
Spike grabbed Sweetie’s hoof and shook it, “Great! So you’ll gather the other Crusaders?”
“That’s right! You go ahead to our clubhouse, we’ll meet you there.”
“Great!” Spike said again as he started to head towards the door, “I’ll see you three there! Bye!”
“Goodbye Spike!” Sweetie smiled and waved goodbye.

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About ten minutes after Spike left Sweetie Belle’s, both he and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were all that the CMC’s clubhouse. Once everypony settled down, Spike began to speak,
“I supposed you’re all wondering why I called you all here.”
“No, not really.” Scootaloo replied, “Sweetie Belle told us the whole story on the way here.”
“Really?” the dragon asked, “Well that cut a lot of this meeting’s time off…So are you guys in?”
“Depends,” Apple Bloom responded, “do yuh even have a plan?”
“I sure do! We attack before sundown!”
“With what?” Scootaloo asked.
“With this!” the dragon exclaimed while pulling out what appeared to be a large water gun.
“What’s that?” Sweetie Belle asked with curiosity.
“This is the ‘Nerf Super Soaker’,” Spike proudly answered, “one of us will attack Berry with this!”
“With that?” the young Pegasus asked, “No offence Spike, but I’ve never heard of somepony that hated getting wet.”
“This vampire will! You know why?” the dragon rhetorically asked, “Cause it’s filled with Celestial Water, and vampires can be killed by that stuff! It’s kinda like squirting acid at a regular pony.”
“Awesome!” Scootaloo exclaimed while flapping her tiny wings, “Dibs on that weapon!” Scootaloo ran to Spike and stole the water gun from him before he could even react.
“Uh…Next is this!” Spike pulled out a small plant and placed it in front of the three fillies.
“Is that an aconitum?” Apple Bloom asked as she examined the small plant.
“That is correct Apple Bloom, also known as wolf’s bane. Vampires are also weakened by wolf’s bane!”
Sweetie Belle’s eyebrows rose in confusion, “Why are vampires weakened by ‘wolf’s bane’? Doesn’t the word itself mean ‘wolf poison’? So shouldn’t only werewolves be poisoned by this?”
“What are you, a dictionary?” Scootaloo asked as she rolled her eyes.
“What was that supposed to be, a joke?” the young unicorn attacked back.
“Well it’s a lot funnier than calling me a chicken!”
“Oh I agree.” Sweetie Belle concurred.
“Me too,” Apple Bloom, “Ah thought it was funny the first few times, but after a while everypony started doing it, and it got old REALLY fast!”
“Yeah, I wish that joke would just die.” Scootaloo nodded.
“Will one of you just take the wolf’s bane!?” Spike asked, and was answered by Apple Bloom who took the wolf’s bane. The dragon pulled out four garlic necklaces, “We’ll have to wear these because vampires just hate the smell of garlic!”
“So does my big sister, are you her calling a vampire?” the little white unicorn asked.
“For the last time, NO!! I am NOT calling Rarity a vampire!!!” the dragon shouted at the top of his lungs.” Once he calmed down, Spike handed out the garlic necklaces which the three young fillies put around their necks. When they were ready, Spike pulled out a water gun of his own causing Scootaloo to giggle,
“Is something funny Scootaloo?” the dragon asked.
“Yeah!” the orange Pegasus giggle, “You’re gun is a lot smaller than mine.”
“It’s not the size that counts; it’s how good you are at using it!” Spike blushed.
“Whatever.” Scootaloo rolled her eye and added one more giggle. Spike cleared his throat and decided to give his team a prep talk.
“Alright team, listen up!” the dragon announced getting the three fillies total attention, “A vampire has moved into our town to kill us all! Do we like that?”
“No!” the fillies responded in unison.
“That’s right! And he invited our friends and family over for dinner because he’s probably planning on killing them! Do we want that to happen!?”
“No!”
“No we don’t,” the dragon agreed, “and I plan on attacking him before he attack them!”
“Yeah!” the three fillies responded.
“Are you with me!?”
“Yeah!!
“I can’t hear you!”
“YEAH!!” the fillies shouted.
“And after we’re done with him, we’ll go to a pizzeria and spend all of our bits at the arcade!!”
“YEAH!!!!” the Cutie Mark Crusaders cheered, “CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS: VAMPIRE SLAYERS!!!”
“Alright Cutie Mark Crusaders,” Spike grinned, “Let’s roll out!”
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Finally, the three fillies and one dragon had arrived at Berry Crunch’s house. Spike, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom dismounted the wagon attached to Scootaloo’s wagon after Scootaloo parked her scooter.
“Alright gang, let’s make this fast.” Scootaloo said, “If I keep this parked her for over fifteen minutes they’ll have to pay an extra three bits.”
The four then proceed to the house and stopped at the front door.
“So…now what?” Sweetie Belle asked, “Are we just going to walk in?”
“Of course not, Sweetie.” Spike answered.
“Don’t flirt with me, buster!” the little filly yelled.
“I wasn’t! I was just calling you by your first name!”
“Oh…so anyway, we can’t we walk in? He must be asleep because it’s still bright outside.”
“Don’t you get it?! He’s too smart to leave the door unlocked! We must find another way to sneak in! Scootaloo, you and Apple Bloom will enter the back while Sweetie Belle and I climb onto the roof and-”
CREAK!
“The door is unlocked.” Apple Bloom smirked as the other two fillies walked into the house.
“Or we can do that.” Spike followed in with Apple Bloom as he looked around the house for anypony that was there. “Looks like the coast is clear.” The group then proceeded to search the house for any sign a sleeping vampire. Spike turned to look at his group, “I think it would be best if we split up.”
“What!? Are you crazy?” Scootaloo asked, “There’s a vampire in this house and you want us to split up!?”
“Well yeah, we’ll do more damage that way.”
“Spike,” Apple Bloom began, “the vampire is obviously somewhere in the basement, we’ll all go down there together before he sees one of-”
“OH MY GOSH!!!” screamed Sweetie Belle’s voice from another room.
“That’s Sweetie Belle!” the farm filly stated, “Something bad must have happened to her!” The two fillies and dragon ran to the room where they heard Sweetie Belle scream, when they got there they saw the little filly standing there all alone staring at something.
“What the hay, Sweetie Belle!” Scootaloo complained, “You almost gave us a heart attack!”
“Yeah,” Spike agreed, “what got you so excited anyway?”
“This!” the little unicorn pointed to piles and piles of cereal boxes. Sweetie Belle trotted closer and grabbed one of them and read, “‘Sparkle Flakes now with marshmallows!!!’”, she turned to the group, “Why would a vampire have so many boxes of cereal?”
“I don’t know; let me take a look at the box.” Spike said as he grabbed the box and examined it. The dragon looked at the back of the box and then the front, it was then he noticed the mascot was a sparkling earth pony, “Hey…this mascot looks an awful like…”
“BERRY!!!! Save….me!!! We’re….under……attack!” A voice shouted from behind the group. 
Spike turned around and noticed that it was Tasteless Stutter, “YOU!!?? I thought you were dead!”
“Now why would you think that?” asked a voice that brought a chill down Spike’s back, it was Berry! “Well, well, well, if it isn’t Spike? And it looks like he brought some friends.”
Spike gulped as the three fillies looked like they were ready to attack, “You’re never going to catch us!” Scootaloo yelled as she pulled out her water gun.
“Oh but I think I will.” Berry Crunch said as he glided towards the four.
“He’s flying!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed, “And he doesn’t have wings.”
“That’s it Berry!” Scootaloo yelled as she aimed her weapon, “It’s time for you to H2 GO!!!”
SPLASH!!!
CRASH!!!
The water hit Berry right in the face, causing him to crash to the ground! Scootaloo grinned as her friends cheered in celebration.
“That was amazing Scootaloo!” Spike complimented, “And that was a clever line you just said there!”
“Thanks, I literally just made up on the spot!” Scootaloo exclaimed.
“Ew!” the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Spike turned around to see that it was Berry who screamed, “You got me wet!! My cape is ruined and I hate being wet!”
“What!?” Spike yelled in surprise, “He doesn’t even look hurt.”
“Eat aconitum, Berry!” Apple Bloom said as she threw the herb at Berry, but unfortunately, it did nothing.
“I knew it only worked on werewolves.” Sweetie Belle sighed.
“Well now what do we do?” Spike asked, “I really didn’t think this whole thing through.”
“Only one thing to do,” Sweetie Belle responded while getting in crouch position, “we must get him in the sunlight!! CHARGE!!!” All at once Spike, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo charged at the pale stallion. Not be able to react quick enough, both Berry and Stutter were both pushed outside right into the sunlight.
“Ah-ha!! You’re too late Berry!!” Spike exclaimed, “Everypony knows that once a vampire is exposed to the sunlight he will…sparkle?!” It was then the fillies and the dragon noticed that Berry hadn’t exploded but instead sparkled in the sunlight. “But, I thought all vampires die in the sunlight. Why aren’t you dead?”
“Because I’m not a vampire!” Berry exclaimed.
“Then what are you?” Spike asked.
“I’m…” the sparkling stallion sighed, “a fairy.”
“A what!!??” the four vampire slayers asked.
“A fairy,” Stutter replied, “th-that’s why…he-he’s able t-to glide and sparkle in the sunlight.”
The three fillies and dragon looked at each other in confusion, “I thought fairies were friendly. If he was a fairy then why was he trying to attack us?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“I wasn’t going to attack you!” Berry Crunch groaned, “I was just going to grab you and send you guys off home.”
“If you’re not a vampire,” Spike began, “then why were you did you take out a book about vampires from the library?”
“What?! I’m not allowed to check books out?” the sparkling fairy sarcastically asked.
“Well no…it’s just that…well, if you’re not a vampire, then why did I see you trying to suck Stutter’s blood out last night?”
“He wasn’t trying to suck my blood out,” Stutter responded, “We were just making love.”
“Eeeewww!!!” the three fillies and dragon said in harmony.
“What? It’s true.” Stutter replied, “I…um..uh….uhhm..j-just love Berry more than anything in the world. I-uh, just love the way h-he doesn’t want to kill me. And especially love it when he goes into the sunlight and sparkles, because he looks…”
“Feminine?” Scootaloo suggested.
“Beautiful!” Tasteless Stutter finished as she nuzzled the sparkling fairy.
Apple Bloom trotted to the married couple, “There’s just one thing Ah don’t understand, what was with all those cereal boxes?”
“I’m surprised you don’t know this by know,” Berry said in disbelief, “I’m a cereal mascot for Sparkle Crunch cereal.”
“You are?!” the four asked.
“I am.” Berry nodded, “In fact that’s the reason why I left Apploosa. I was a celebrity there, and Stutter and I wanted to move away from all that attention.”
“That’s not the only reason why you left!” Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders turned around and saw a buffalo standing there.
“Who are you?” Spike asked.
“I am Pushing Bull, and Berry Crunch stole my girlfriend away from me!!”
“We broke up years ago, Pushing Bull.” Stutter replied, “Get over with it!”
“Never!! Now, I’ll take back what’s mine!” the buffalo yelled, “I’m taking back Tasteless Stutter and I’m YOU’RE CEREAL, Berry!!!!”
“You’ll have to catch me first!!!” Berry yelled, “Hope on, Spider-Monkey!!!” Stutter immediately jumped onto Berry’s back as he glided away.
“Oh I will!” the buffalo yelled as he ran after the two lovebirds, leaving the three fillies and one dragon standing there in confusion. Sweetie Belle turned to Spike, “So are we still going to that pizzeria?”

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“The end!” Spike said as he finished his story, “So, what did you guys think?”
The rest of the party members just stared blankly at Spike in confusion, none of which were saying a word until Vinyl Scratch spoke up, “What was that!!??”
“Yeah!!” Rainbow Dash agreed, “You said that the story was about vampires!!”
“And what happened to me, Pinkie, Rarity, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Applejack?” Twilight asked, “You never said what happened after Berry left.”
“That story wasn’t even scary!” Bon-Bon yelled causing all the other ponies to talk at once. All around the room the ponies were complaining and going on and on about how terrible the story was until a shout from a certain pony silenced them,
“EVERYPONY BE QUIET!!!!” all at once the ponies turned their heads to the noise and saw that it was Pinkie who shouted, “I just remembered my story! And I want to tell it to everypony.” Everypony then settled down as Pinkie began her story.

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