During a sleepover at Apple Bloom's, the Cutie Mark Crusaders search for their talents inside a book of scary stories. Their appetite for horror leads them into a horrifying position: home alone with the creaking steps of an unknown intruder.
After attending an assertiveness seminar by Iron Will, the Cutie Mark Crusaders set out on a mission which they should have done long ago: Give Diamond Tiara the worst day of her life.
Apple Bloom is home alone on Nightmare Night and invites her two best friends over. They each tell a scary story about bat ponies, but one of these stories may just turn out to be a little too scary, and a little too real.
The Cutie Mark Crusaders decide to have a sleepover, and a thunderstorm's on it's way. Sweetie Belle's scared, so her friends decide to help her out. With some snuggling of course!