//------------------------------// // Halloween Special // Story: Refound Love // by GamerTag //------------------------------// Refound Love ~The Halloween special~ It was a normal night in Manehatten. Ponies were working and running around the city, cars honked, foals ran around and laughed, and Octavia was practicing her cello. However, as the cellist continued her art, she couldn't help but feel.... watched. Now, this was a regular thing for Octavia to feel at her home as Caramel watched her all the time, however, these eyes felt different. Octavia opened her eyes and found two red eyes staring back at her. She jumped and let out a squeal. The pony belonging to those red eyes started laughing, causing the cellist to glare. "Vinyl Scratch. Why in the wide wide world of Equestria are you here?" Octavia asked, sternly. "Awww, I thought you would be happy to see me Tavi," Vinyl pouted. Octavia then noticed the DJ's attire. Instead of her wearing her normal glasses and... well, nothing else. She was wearing a black cape with a red bottom, and fangs. "Vinyl.... what are you wearing?" Octavia asked, slightly concerned for her marefriend's mental state. "I'm a vampony, of course! I mean, it is Nightmare Night!" Octavia facehooved. How could she forget about Nightmare Night?! "That still doesn't explain why you're here," Octavia said, removing her hoof from her head. "We're going to get candy!" Vinyl exclaimed. "Vinyl. You are a grown Mare who owns a whole office. Trick or Treating is for foals," Octavia replied, rolling her eyes. "Aw, c'mon Octy! Don't be such a stick in the mud." Vinyl then put her hoof around Octavia, pulling the mare closer. Then, in the most sexual voice she could muster, she said,"I bet you would make a sexy werepony." "It's not even a full moon tonight," Octavia pointed out. "Then... you can be a sexy Lycan?" In response, Octavia hit the unicorn on the head. Vinyl huffed as she watched Octavia go back to her cello. Then, an idea popped into her head. "Ohhhh. You could be a freaky puppet instead." Octavia turned to Vinyl, her eyes wide with confusion, "A puppet?" "Yeah! A mare who was abused by her parents in order to become their puppet to fame." "Vinyl. Where in Equestria did you get that idea?" "Fine. Then you can be a ghost!" "A ghost? Really Vinyl?" "Yeah! A ghost who was trapped in a theater after being killed. That is until a dashing and amazing unicorn sweeps the ghost off her hooves and teaches her about true love!" "Have you been hanging out with Beauty Brass again?" "Or, you could be in the mafia! And-" Vinyl was interrupted by Octavia shoving her hoof into her mouth. "Listen Vinyl. Although I will admit it is slightly adorable how excited you are for this holiday," Vinyl smirked at that comment, "I will not be joining you. Why don't you just go with Lyra and Bon Bon?" Vinyl sighed, "Fine. I was just really hoping that we could spend our first Nightmare Night together... well, together." As Vinyl walked out of the door, Octavia couldn't help but feel a little bad. Vinyl paused when she heard a sigh. "Fine. I will come with you." "Alright, Octy! This is going to be so awesome!" Vinyl exclaimed as she ran over to hug the cellist. "BUT!" Octavia continued, causing the DJ to stop running, "I am not going to dress as anything." "Fine fine," Vinyl replied, unconvincingly. "But mark my words. I will get you into a costume by the end of the night!" Octavia rolled her eyes, this time with a slight smile, "Whatever you say Vinyl." And with that, the two mares left to go have a fun night filled with frights and candy. ~•~•~•~•~ "Wow. You actually did it Vinyl. I'm impressed," Lyra grinned as the two mares walked towards them. "Hello, Octavia! Happy Nightmare Night!" Bon Bon greeted. Octavia was taken aback as she saw what her other friends were wearing. Bon Bon seemed to be wearing a costume that was exactly what was in the books Lyra always reads. Lyra looked the same except she had a.... fishtail? "Sweet Celestia. And I thought Vinyl's costume was odd," Octavia exclaimed, causing Bon Bon to blush. "I know. I was going to go as something else but Lyra insisted I go as a human," Bon Bon explained. "Well, I couldn't go as one! I already got this costume before the human one came to mind," Lyra argued. "What are you exactly, Lyra?" Octavia asked. "I... am a seapony!" Lyra exclaimed, flipping her tail dramatically. "Vinyl. Where did you get those red eye contacts? They look so real!" Bon Bon asked in awe. Vinyl blushed slightly, "I have my sources." Octavia gave Vinyl a questionable look, but said nothing. The four ponies then started walking down the streets of Manehatten. Everywhere they looked, they could see ponies wearing some sort of costume. "Wait!" Lyra exclaimed, causing everypony to freeze. "We forgot something!" "What?!" Bon Bon asked, frantically. "I don't know!" Lyra replied, causing Bon Bon and Octavia to give her annoyed looks while Vinyl snickered. "I just... feel like we forgot something really important. Like, some sort of storyline that was not finished." "Lyra. What are you-" Bon Bon started asking when all of a sudden, they heard the sounds of ponies' hooves galloping. Then, they saw a yellow pegasus mare with a blue mane and tail fly past them. "I AM SORRY FOR THE CLIFFHANGERS!" The yellow mare screamed. Just then, a group of ponies started passing them, all with angry looks. "I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!" A white mare with a black mane and tail yelled back. The group of mares watched the mob chase after the pegasus for a few more minutes, before they continued walking in silence. "So, uh, are we going to talk about that or-" Vinyl started asking before she was interrupted by Lyra. "Look! Haunted house!" Lyra exclaimed, pointing at a building. "AW YEAH!" Vinyl yelled, throwing her hoof in the air. "Oh Luna," Octavia groaned, causing Bon Bon to giggle. The four mares then walked towards the scary house. They could see foals screaming and laughing as they exited the building. "Celestia, I am stuck with crazy ponies," Octavia whispered to herself as they entered the building. As they walked through, there were a few jump scares of just monsters painted on cardboard. "Aw c'mon! This haunted house is terrible!" Vinyl exclaimed, stomping her hoof on the ground. "Well, what were you expecting Vinyl? This is meant for foals!" Octavia replied. The group of ponies continued walking through the house, when all of a sudden, the lights all went out. "Now we're talking!" Vinyl said, excited. "Uh, Vinyl.... I don't think that was supposed to happen," Lyra replied, pointing a shaking hoof at the foals running out of the place, terrified. "Pfff, they just can't handle REAL horror," Vinyl argued as she continued walking. However, once she had only gone a few steps, four walls suddenly dropped around them, causing them to be closed in. "You know Lyra, you might actually be right for once," Vinyl said, turning back to her friends, now slightly afraid. The ponies stood close to each other in silence waiting for something to happen. Each staring at a different wall. "In case this is what I think it is, let's go over some horror movie cliches," Vinyl suggested. "Yeah!" Lyra agreed, "First off, the black guy always dies first." "Lyra, honey, what does that mean?" Bon Bon asked, looking over to her marefriend. "I don't know. I read it in a human book once, it was about horror movies they have," Lyra replied, shrugging. Vinyl, Lyra, and Bon Bon then all looked over to Octavia. "What?" Octavia asked, glaring slightly at the ponies. "Well, you are the pony closest to the color black," Lyra explained, causing Octavia to groan. "Oh for the love of- Do you all really believe that this is real?!" Octavia yelled, getting extremely annoyed. "Don't worry Tavi!" Vinyl exclaimed, wrapping her hoof around the cellist, "I won't let anypony hurt you!" The DJ then leaned into Octavia's ear, "And maybe you can reward me for my bravery in bed." "I would rather take my chances with the monsters," Octavia replied, smacking Vinyl on the head. All of a sudden, two of the walls opened up. What stepped out was a completely black glowing stallion, with two red glowing eyes. The stallion took one step forward and the rest of the ponies started galloping out of the other opened wall. "It must be from outer space" Lyra yelled as they ran. "We should kill it instead of leaving!" Vinyl yelled back. "After this, you two are no longer allowed to watch horror movies!" Octavia yelled, finally fed up with the two. The ponies then stopped when they found the pathway splitting in three different directions. They looked behind to see the stallion close. Without thinking, each pony ran into a different corridor, except for Lyra and Bon Bon who went the same way ~•~•~•~•~ Octavia was out of breath as she walked around a maze. The corridor she went through had led her to a maze of mirrors. "Bloody hell. Why did I go with Vinyl into this stupid house," Octavia grumbled to herself. "Because," a mysterious voice replied, "you feel like you must." "What?!" Octavia asked, snapping her head around ," Who said that?! And what have you done to me and my friends!" "It's sad really," the voice continued, "You are worried, worried that you love Vinyl only for what you see her as, not as what she actually is." "How... HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?!" Octavia yelled, slightly afraid now. "I know many things," The voice replied, "Like how you are married to Caramel, who even though you completely loathe him, you can't help but feel sorry. Heck, a part of you even slightly misses-" "STOP!" Octavia screamed, tears forming in her eyes. "It's Nightmare Night Octavia, a time of fear, so instead of the normal frights everypony else gets, you get to face the worst fear of all: your own psyche," The voice explained. "Why?" Octavia asked in a quiet, almost pleading voice. "Why? Because you need to face these things if you ever want to go on in your life," The voice responded before continuing her onslaught of knowledge, "You are afraid that you are making the wrong choice sometimes, you are worried you will end up hurting both Caramel and Vinyl." "No... I love Vinyl, I don't think I am making any wrong choices," Octavia argued. "Don't lie to me, I already know all of this," The voice demanded, "It's a natural thing of course. As long as you still have good memories of the pony, you'll still feel bad to leave them. I would think you should know this since you think this is how Vinyl will feel about Neon." "It's stupid... why should I even think these thoughts?" Octavia asked. "It's not stupid. Jealousy, regret, these are all things everypony feels, even if they don't realize it right away," The voice comforted. "What should I do?" Octavia questioned. At this point, the mare had decided to listen to the voice, no matter how stupid this all seemed to her. "Talk to Vinyl," The voice answered, "That's really all you can do." Octavia nodded her head, "Thank you." "You're welcome. Oh by the way, have you told Vinyl that you loved her yet?" Octavia's eyes went wide. I never have... have I? I probably should... but, isn't it too soon? Wouldn't Vinyl find it slightly... uncomfortable for me to be attached so quickly? "Nice going, now you made her have even more problems!" Another voice said, causing Octavia to jump. "It wasn't my idea," The voice replied. "Who is that?" Octavia asked, tilting her head. "Oh shit, you can hear that? I mean... THE VOICE HAS SPOKEN! GOOD DAY!" The voice yelled before the room was enveloped in silence. Octavia had many questions floating through her head. While most had to do with a certain white unicorn, some had to do with what had just happened. But even with all these questions in her head, there was one thing she knew. "I need to find Vinyl," Octavia whispered to herself as she started running through the maze. ~•~•~•~•~ "Hello! Tavi! Lyra! Bonnie! You guys there?!" Vinyl called as she walked through a hallway with many doors, said doors would open to hallways that looked exactly the same as the last. "Please don't tell me that you guys choose me as the one pony who gets separated from the group and dies! I was hoping me and Octy could be the two who die because they were too busy making out." "Hello Vinyl Scratch," A voice greeted, causing Vinyl to jump. "Who's there?! Whoever you are, come and fight me!" Vinyl yelled. "I am not going to leave where I am," The voice replied. "Oh yeah? Let me guess. You want to play a game?" Vinyl asked, rolling her eyes. "No. I wanted to talk," The voice explained. "About what?" Vinyl asked, skeptical. "About how you feel sympathy for Caramel." The voice replied. "What?!" Vinyl exclaimed, "Who the buck told you that bullshit!" "Nopony, I could just tell," The voice explained, "You feel sorry for Caramel, you see yourself in Caramel. You think your relationship with Octavia is wrong." "N-no you're lying!" Vinyl stammered, backing up into a wall. "Not only that, but you are afraid of Lucky Streak." Vinyl laughed, "Okay, now I know you're lying!" "Am I? You may like Lucky Streak, but you can't help but be afraid that Octavia will date him. I mean, he is kind, and he cares about Octavia so much-" "SHUT UP!" Vinyl screamed, covering her head. "Face the facts Scratch. You're afraid. Afraid of cheating, afraid of Lucky Streak, afraid of yourself! You think that somehow, you will ruin everything, you'll become Caramel. You think you ARE Caramel! You think that-" "I said, SHUT UP!" Vinyl screamed again before she started running through one of the doors. Instead of the door leading to another hallway that looked identical to the others, this one was a long black one. As she ran through, she could see scenes from her life playing. She could see her and Neon together, happily. She could see when he cheated on her. She could see when her mother told her about how her father cheated on her. She could even see things she never saw, like Octavia's wedding, Octavia and Lucky Streak at the bar, and Caramel dating Octavia. But Vinyl kept running, she refused to watch the scenes. She didn't know where this came from or how this was happening, but all she knew was she wanted it to end. As she ran, she could hear the voice yelling. "Talk to Octavia!" The voice echoed. Vinyl closed her eyes, in case she saw something worse, like Lucky Streak and Octavia together, doing what she and Octavia were doing now except Vinyl was Caramel. After a while, she stopped hearing the voice, but she didn't stop running. She kept running until she ran into something that let out an "oof". Vinyl fell to the ground after the sudden collision. She rubbed the back of her head as she opened her eyes. What she found, was Octavia standing and rubbing her forehead. "Tavi!" Vinyl practically cried as she jumped up and wrapped her hooves around the mare. "Oh! Vinyl! Where were-" Octavia started, but was stopped when Vinyl pushed her lips against her own. Octavia's eyes went wide in shock but after a while, she started to relax into the kiss. The two continued to kiss for a few minutes before they broke. They were panting and staring at one another. Octavia opened her mouth to speak until she heard a voice. "There you two are!" Lyra exclaimed, Bon Bon next to her, "What part of the haunted house did you guys end up at? The area we went to was complete crap." "I keep telling you Lyra, it's meant for foals, not grown mares like us," Bon Bon explained, rolling her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. C'mon, let's get out of here," Lyra replied before she and Bon Bon started walking out. "Actually, I think I will go home," Octavia said, causing Lyra and Bon Bon to look back. "I-I'll go with you Octy," Vinyl replied. "Aw, are you sure?" Bon Bon asked. "Definitely," Octavia and Vinyl said at the same time. "Fine, whatever. More candy for me then," Lyra said with a grin before the four ponies started walking out of the haunted house. "Well, well. It seems that that's another point for me," Moonshine said to herself with a grin as she watched the ponies walk out of the house. "Are you sure we didn’t mess up Octavia even mo-" A red pegasus stallion with a black mane and tail started arguing before he was interrupted by a voice. "I AM GOING TO KILL BOTH OF YOU!" The yellow pegasus from before yelled. "Well, that's our cue to go! Happy Nightmare Night everypony!" Moonshine yelled before she started running. ~•~•~•~•~ "V-Vinyl, why are we watching this again?!" Octavia asked, clinging to Vinyl for dear life. Vinyl grinned, "Because it's Nightmare Night which basically means we have to watch horror movies." The two were sitting on the couch in Octavia's apartment, watching a horror movie, well, at least Octavia was watching it. Vinyl just watched Octavia as she hugged Vinyl's waist, shaking in fear. The scene of her marefriend hugging the DJ for protection caused Vinyl to smile. However, this smile vanished as a thought entered her mind. Soon Tavi. I will talk to you soon. Little did Vinyl know, that Octavia was thinking the same thing. I just hope that Vinyl will understand.