Another winter had come to Ponyville, bringing promises of another joyous Hearths Warming. The cheer and good will was infectious and abundant, ready to be celebrated. However, after a strange cast of lights ripped across the sky over Everfree Forest's horizon, something changed. The winter became foreboding. The atmosphere gained an ominous presence.

Determined to combat the ill feelings, the citizens attempted to ignore the feeling of dread... that was, until, ponies found out Fluttershy had disappeared around that time.

The legacy of Party Planner ponies stretches far across Equestria, from many different families and many different backgrounds in many different generations. Arguably the greatest of all to date would be the Element of Laughter herself: Pinkie Pie.

However, every party needs a pooper, even shindigs of epic proportions. One such pony travels across the land of Equestria to meet the legend herself, face to face, so that he may etch his name in infamy for putting an end to the "greatest of all".

It’s a chilly fall day at Sweet Apple Acres, the crown jewel of Ponyville, and Applejack, the head farmpony of the lovely little orchard can’t wait to get started on her early morning prep work. The harvesting season is coming to an end, and the remaining apples and trees need to be tended to. There are only two issues that are putting her more on edge than normal:

The present, thick fog that was scheduled for the entire day, and the strange, moaning noises she heard last night.

It began a few weeks ago. Normally, she doesn't have trouble sleeping despite the late nights required for her job as an infamous Disk Jocky, but something was happening night after night that made Vinyl Scratch fail to catch her Zs. She suddenly wakes up in the middle of the night, unable to move from her bed, and scared out of her mind. What's worse is that despite not being able to move, she can feel something there is with her. Something moving. Something breathing. It terrifies her to no end, and the only hope she has is to wait the long, painful hours before for the morning sun's rise.

Will she be able to escape this waking nightmare, or will the sleep deprivation drive her over the edge? Regardless, at least her tunes always seem to be set up in absolutely radical positions in her gear, leaving one less thing to worry about, but she can't remember if she adjusted them herself...

Twilight, asked by Princess Luna herself, was tasked to lead an expedition to a recently uncovered monument thought lost to Equestrian History: A castle in the north that was thought to be Sombra’s original home before his reign over the Crystal Empire. Twilight, together with the help of A.K. Yearling to assist her and a team of archeologists, they seek onward to uncover the castle’s secrets.

However, some shadows should be left alone, and the secrets within left unseen...

It's hard being a fashion designer in a small town. Harder still when your younger sister destroys your shop in yet another "adventure" with her friends. Even more so when not only your latest work was a victim in said escapades, but so were every single antique ponnequin in the shop. Never the less, despite ire growing, a proper lady would work to resolve the pressing issue.

Luck turns to her favor when she finds a set of five exquisitely crafted models, and picks them up at such a deadly bargain, but fails to read and heed the warning stuck to them.

Apple Bloom didn't learn her lesson last Hearts and Hooves day and after a sad tale of Granny Smiths youth, she takes it upon herself to make a new potion to help her lift her spirits. Knowing how much trouble they got into last time, the other two Cutie Mark Crusaders try to convince her to get rid of the potion, before something terrible happens to them, once again.

What came next? Well, it will be a Hearts and Hooves day they will never forget...

During a school camping trip, the little fillies and colts of Cheerilee's class gather around a camp fire to tell each other scary stories. Some of them are boring and some of them are kinda silly. But then Diamond Tiara, the most malicious of the children, brings out a story guaranteed to scare everyone senseless. When Scootaloo decides to take a dare to go deeper into the woods alone, things go from innocent fun to a twisted fairytale abuse.

Pinkie Pie wakes up from a horrible dream where her own friend slaughters the element of Laughter in her own home. In fact, she's been having this dream for weeks before Nightmare Night, building up a paranoia that shouldn't even be. When Rainbow Dash comes to confront Pinkie about her recent strange behavior, things take an expected turn.

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