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// A Piece Of Candy Would Be Quite Dandy 
// Story: Book 2: To Bring About Chaos 
// by Medley of MLP 
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To Bring About Chaos



A Piece Of Candy Would Be Quite Dandy


Ah, Nightmare Night. One of my favorite holidays, but not as fun as Hearth’s Warming or, with Sparkella now a closer part of my life, Hearts and Hooves Day. Still, it was the perfect time to hand out candy, see all the interesting and creative costumes everybody had been waiting to use, and of course… spooky songs! Oh glorious times to be able to sing the campy scary songs for the little foals to the weirdly creepy for the fillies and colts, and of course, the most-dread-inducing songs for all the grown mares and stallions. A little something for everyone, and everyone having a blast.

For me, however, the night was more interesting than normal. Not just due to Sparkella, though there was that. No, that went to the ever impatient number one assistant that was Spike, who was pacing in the library.

“Ugh, come on, Twilight. We're gonna be late for the Nightmare Night festival.” Spike groaned as it looked like he was all dressed up in… a dragon costume.

“Considering it’s all night and you’re getting a ton of candy, I find that hard to believe.” I rolled my eyes a bit as I had taken the time to dress up like Beethooven for this Nightmare Night.

“Says the guy that looks like he should be in a nursing home.” Spike snarked back.

It would’ve probably devolved into a childish argument had it not been for the arrival of Sparkella, who looked like she was dressed up even more ancient than me. I do have to say, seeing her with a fake, long beard made for a very strange image.

Spike noticed as well as he went on a roll. “Huh? Are you that one kooky grandpa from Ponyville Retirement Village?”

“I'm Star Swirl the Bearded! Father of the amniomorphic spell? Did you even read that book I gave you about obscure unicorn history?” Sparkella accused him angrily.

Spike looked like he was sweating for an answer before a knock at the door could be heard. “Sounds important!”

I rolled my eyes as I turned to Sparkella with a small chuckle. “I see we both at least went with historical. Wanna bet to see how many ponies will say we look like we came out of a nursing home?”

Sparkella rolled her eyes as Spike got the door, opening it with a yelp as the fillies at the door sang out, “Nightmare Night! What a fright! Give us something sweet to bite!”

“Hi, everypony. Great costumes!” Sparkella smiled before noticing Granny Smith escorting them. “Happy Nightmare Night, Granny Smith.”

“I should have been asleep five hours ago…” Granny Smith murmured in response.

As Sparkella passed out the candy, a new little colt popped out, striking a dramatic pose in his pirate costume. That was, until he fell over after overextending himself. Ah, truly, life hated everyone and not just me for doing something awesome.

“Pipsqueak the pirate, at your service! It's my very first Nightmare Night.” Pipsqueak exclaimed excitedly.

“Since you moved here from Trottingham?” Sparkella asked curiously.

“No, my very first Nightmare Night ever!” Pipsqueak corrected before he was interrupted by a squawking chicken called Pinkie.

“Enough chitchat! Time is candy!” Pinkie pecked at the ground.

“Pinkie Pie, aren't you a little old for this?” Sparkella deadpanned at her.

“You’re seriously asking this about Pinkie?” I raised an eyebrow as Sparkella rolled her eyes, giving Pinkie the smallest piece of candy she had.

“Thanks Twilight!” Pinkie grinned as she eagerly pecked inside her bag.

Sparkella took a moment to show off her costume in all of it’s jingley glory. “Do you like it?”

“Yeah! Great costume, Twilight! You make a fantastic weirdo clown!” Pinkie cheered before she made off with the rest of the bowl of candy.

“A clown?” Sparkella looked mortified as we started out towards the rest of the festival. “Look at the borders on these robes. These are hoof-stitched!”

“It's a great costume! Grandpa!” Spike laughed as he went on ahead, ignoring Sparkella’s growling.

I shook my head with a small amount of amusement, putting a comforting wing around her. “It’s alright, sweetie. I know you care deeply for him and have studied him religiously. Other ponies though… not to much. To be honest, I don’t know that much about him either, only that he worked on a few spells for voice modulation before discarding it entirely, along with some legend about monsters with singing voices.”

“Starswirl is way more than that!” Yep, Sparkella was on a roll as she continued on while I steered her towards the festival. “Star Swirl the Bearded is only the most important conjurer of the pre-classical era! He created more than two hundred spells! He even has a shelf in the Canterlot library of magic named after him.”

“OK… that is admittedly impressive for just a unicorn to accomplish.” I nodded in agreement.

“Maybe I should start up a pony group to teach ponies about history. I bet everypony would love it!” Sparkella theorized.

“That’s… not a bad idea… Maybe make it a volunteer sort of thing, like community service? Oh, wait, maybe something for the foals to do as extra credit or a learning opportunity!” I went on, kinda liking this idea.

“I knew you’d love it! And that sounds really, really good!” Sparkella cheered as she gave me a quick kiss, with a hurried explanation. “A sweet kiss for a beautiful idea and for Nightmare Night.”

I blushed heavily as well as I returned it, giving a small grin. “It’s only fair you get one in return then, especially since it was originally your idea.”

We would’ve been left in peace and enjoyed tonight like a couple, but it seemed that our friends were really interested in being with us. Kinda put a small damper on the couple thing, but I couldn’t really be that mad at our friends.

“Twilight, Twilight! Look at our haul! Ah! Can you believe it?” Pinke excitedly showed off her pretty full bag before pecking it all down, continuing on without a problem, “And then, we went to Cheerilee's house, and got a bunch more goodies. Didn't we, Pip?”

“Sure did!” Pipsqueak nodded as I noticed Dash sneaking up in a thundercloud.

“And then, we had to stop and wait for Granny Smith, and-” Pinkie was interrupted by a lightning bolt striking right behind her, making her squawk like a chicken and run away, with the foals following suit.

“Seriously Dash, not cool. Not cool at all.” I gave a pointed look at the laughing Dash.

“Lighten up, old-timer. This is the best night of the year for pranks!” Dash unapologetically cackled still.

“He’s right you know, Rainbow Dash! You could’ve seriously harmed someone!” Sparkella berated Dash.

“Oh come on, it’s all in good fun.” Dash waved a hoof before looking off in the distance. “Oh! Oh! There's another group over there!”

Right before she went off, I gave a small grin before flapping my wings really hard, making Dash go wildly off course and crash into a different and bigger cloud.

“Remember, it’s the best night of the year for pranks!” I parroted back snarkily, giving a small chuckle as Sparkella glared at me.

“Do you really need to encourage her?” Sparkella crossly stated.

I gave a small shrug. “She’s a pegasi, it’ll wear off easily. Plus, she said it, not me. I would also like to point out that now she has to get a new bit of could if she want to continue the prank, or just land and go trick or treating like the other ponies. And since she just landed in a bunch of cloud…”

Sparkella rolled her eyes a bit as she marched along. “Still… please don’t do that.”

“Yes my dearest lady!” I grinned, making Sparkella shake her head with a smile as we continued onwards.

We soon caught up with Spike, who was busy gorging himself on as much candy as he could possibly stomach. He was over by AJ, who was at the apple-bobbing stand and looked like she was dressed up as a scarecrow. I got the feeling it was a reference to something, but to what I really didn’t know.

“Happy Nightmare Night, Applejack!” Sparkella called out as we got closer.

She noticed and waved back with a wide grin. “Howdy Med! Hey, Twi! Nice costume.”

“Which one of us were you referring to? I asked confusedly.

“I think she means me, Medi.” Sparkella smiled as AJ chuckled.

“Well with that beard, I reckon you're some sorta country music singer, Twi. As for Med there, you kinda look like someone outta ancient Canterlot or somethin.” AJ critiqued.

Sparkella gave an annoyed grunt as I gave a small chuckle, teasing Sparkella only a little. “Told you something like this would happen.”

“No, you said nursing home, I remember quite clearly.” Sparkella firmly rebuffed.

AJ snickered a bit before interrupting us. “While y'all are here, ya' feel like bobbin' for an apple?”

We looked over and saw Carrot Top and Derpy Hooves bobbing for apples. Hilariously though, it seemed Derpy had found the plug for the tub and drained the colored water. We gave a small chuckle at the sight before noticing the crowd at the platform, and Mayor Mare about to give a small speech… while dressed as a clown.

“Thank you, everypony, and welcome to the Nightmare Night festival!” Mayor Mare called out as everyone cheered, pausing the speech for a moment before continuing onwards, “Now, all the little ponies who have been out collecting sweets should follow our friend Zecora to hear the legend of... Nightmare Moon!”

“Spooky voice might work better if she wasn't dressed like that.” Spike deadpanned while Mayor Mare tried to laugh maniacally.

Sparkella and I could help but get a small giggle out of that, as it was a valid point. Then Zecora took the stage and told the tale of Nightmare Moon. I know that this is just a retelling of how my day went, but honestly, I don’t think I need to write down every little thing Zecora said, even if it was done in some very good rhymes. Wait… nevermind, I can just list it out, without the audience participation. One sec… gotta remember it…

Ah here, we are! This is how it went:


 Listen close, my little dears.



I'll tell you where you got your fears.



While it is quite dark and scary…



Nightmare Moon should make you wary.



Every year, we put on a disguise.



In order to save ourselves from her searching eyes.



But Nightmare Moon wants just one thing.



And that’s to gobble up ponies in one quick swing!



Hungrily, she soars the sky!



If she sees nopony, she passes by.



So if she comes and all is clear.



Equestria is safe another year!



“How come we still need to give her some candy?” You might ask my friend



For Nightmare Moon you must not offend.



Fill up her belly with a treat or two.



So she won't return to come eat you!


I think that’s how it went. Or at least paraphrased. In any case, after she had finished her rhymes, we all noticed a figure coming down at us while Pinkie and the other little fillies and colts dumped out all of their candy. Once it got closer, Pinkie explained it perfectly and in such a calm and reasonable manner. That is, what normally constitutes as calm and reasonable for Pinkie.

“It's Nightmare Moon! Run!” Pinkie shrieked as she, along with the foals and Zecora, ran back towards town.

“Do… do you really think it’s… her?” I whispered urgently to Sparkella.

“I don’t know… but we better get to town quickly, just in case it is.” Sparkella replied as we both hurried back to town, with a frightened Spike in tow.

When we arrived though, while everyone was bowing, Sparkella smiled and spoke softly as I looked a little relieved. “Princess Luna!”

Luna seemed to notice everyone kowtowing to her, and approached everyone, while Spike managed to pull us down, looking fearful. Honestly, couldn’t he tell that… well… then again, Spike was on a sugar rush, and had already been frightened before. Plus, Luna did look pretty intimidating, especially once she spoke up in what I assume was the proper Royal Voice back 1,000 years ago.

“CITIZENS OF PONYVILLE! WE HAVE GRACED YOUR TINY VILLAGE WITH OUR PRESENCE, SO THAT YOU MAY BEHOLD THE REAL PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT! A CREATURE OF NIGHTMARES NO LONGER, BUT INSTEAD A PONY WHO DESIRES YOUR LOVE AND ADMIRATION! TOGETHER WE SHALL CHANGE THIS DREADFUL CELEBRATION INTO A BRIGHT AND GLORIOUS FEAST!” Luna roared, scaring and making the audience retreat, not that I blame them.

“Did you hear that, everypony? Nightmare Moon says she's gonna feast on us all!” Pinkie fearfully thought out loud, causing more panic.

“What? No, children, no! You no longer have reason to fear us! Screams of delight is what your princess desires, not screams of terror!” She stomped her hoof angrily as she turned to the Mayor, her voice this time quieter than before. “Madame Mayor, thy Princess of the Night hath arrived.”

As she pointed at the Mayor, and her assistant, I shook my head a little, starting to speak up before Spike quickly slapped a claw over my mouth. I really wanted to be a little child and lick his scale, but I felt mature enough to not do that. However, if I accidentally sang the ever popular ditty I Know A Song ad nauseum while he was nearby… well… no one can truly blame me.

“What is the matter with you? Very well, then. Be that way. We won't even bother with the traditional royal farewell.” Luna pouted with as much dignity as she could muster, walking off as everypony fearfully got back up and continued the festival with trepidation.

Sparkella looked out at where Luna had left, looking pretty determined. “I'm gonna go talk to her.”

“I would be in total agreement with you, Sparkella.” I smiled a little at her.

Spike looked at us as though we were crazy, saying nearly such as well. “You can't talk to her! She's Nightmare Moon!”

“No, she's not. We saw the Elements of Harmony change her back to good. But it seems like she's having some trouble adjusting after being gone for a thousand years.” Sparkella countered as we made our way forward.

“Besides Spike. I’m confident in Sparkella’s abilities to help us in the off chance that you are right.” I soothed, making Sparkella blush a little and shake her head at me, leading me to continue on. “What? It’s true!”

After a small bit of giggling from Sparkella and an eye roll and a more relieved look from Spike, we soon caught up with Luna. It seemed she decided to sit down in front of a statue depicting… Nightmare Moon. Well… good timing for the holiday and the statue, not so good reminder for Luna. Nevertheless, we got close enough to speak normally to her.

Sparkella led off with a warm smile. “Princess Luna? Hi, my name is-”

Luna quickly turned around at the sound of her voice, looking at Sparkella and I with appraisal, cutting her off in the process. “Star Swirl the Bearded. Commendable costume! Thou even got the bells right. And it seems you are accompanied by none other than Beethooven thyself!”

“Thank you! Finally! Somepony who gets my costume!” Sparkella and I spoke in unison, giving each other a small weird look and giggle before noticing the expression of sadness on Luna’s face, as I let Sparkella continue on, “Uh, we just came to welcome you to our celebration! My actual name is-”

“Twilight Sparkle and your companion is Medley Royalwind.” Luna remarked before turning on her Royal Voice again. “IT WAS THYSELVES WHO UNLEASHED THE POWERS OF HARMONY UPON US AND TOOK AWAY OUR DARK POWERS!”

“And that was a good thing... right?” I meekly asked.

“But of course. We could not be happier. Is that not clear?” Luna spoke at a normal volume again, though it still sounded like she was yelling at us.

“Well, you kinda sound like you're yelling at us…” Sparkella parroted my thoughts exactly.

“But this is the traditional royal Canterlot voice! It is tradition to speak using the royal "we", and to use…” Oh great, more Royal Voice. “THIS MUCH VOLUME WHEN ADDRESSING OUR SUBJECTS!”

You know, that might explain why your appearance was met with... mixed results.” Sparkella deduced.

“I think if you just changed your approach a bit, you might be met with a warmer reception.” I added on with a small nod, not risking getting any closer in case she was angry at that.

“CHANGE OUR APPROACH?” Luna questioned in her Voice still.

“Lower the volume?” I politely suggested.

“Ohhh. We have been locked away for a thousand years. We are... not sure we can.” Luna hesitatingly answered.

“Well…” Sparkella turned to me with a small smile. “Thankfully, we have two ponies who can most definitely help with that. There’s Fluttershy, who’s delicate and demure with the sweetest little voice. Or… we can go with Medi here, since he’s used to not being able to shout at all.”

“Is this true, Royalwind?” She turned to me with an unreadable expression.

I gave a small, sad nod as I explained. “I’m sure if you looked in the Canterlot medical records of recent times, I’ll be in there somewhere? That crazy mare was the reason I nearly lost my voice at all. Heck, just to be able to talk like I am right now means I have to constantly use a voice amplifier. If I short it out, I become a lot like Shy, except maybe less sweet and demure.”

Sparkella shook her head firmly as she looked at me. “I think you’d still sound so sweet…”

I smiled back at her before I heard a small cough from Luna, indicating that perhaps it was time to move along and not be distracted by my very beautiful, dazzling, adorable… gah, focus, right!

“A-Anyways… here’s me when I sound NORMAL!” I shouted the last word, hearing a fizzle as I coughed, continuing on with a soft whisper. “Like so… This is me normally. What we need to find is a middle range between my extreme low and your extreme high.”

“HOW IS…” Luna tried it, sounding just like a normal yell now. “This?”

I nodded and grinned. “Already showing improvements. Let’s see if you can go a little lower though.”

“How... about... now?” Luna sounded out, still practically yelling it.

“Well… it’s at least consistent. Just a little lower more please.” I squeaked as loud as I could with a whispery voice.

“And... how about now?” Luna spoke in a normal tone, looking eager.

“Yes! Well done.” Sparkella congratulated Luna.

“I THANK THEE, DEAR MEDLEY! OUR NORMAL SPEAKING VOICE SHALL SURELY WIN US THE HEARTS OF THY FELLOW VILLAGERS!” Luna boomed with her Voice, pulling me with a magical grip as she hugged me tightly, almost breaking a rib with how powerful her hug was.

“Twilight! You've gotta hide us! Nightmare Moon is here and…” She squawked like a chicken in fear as she saw my predicament. “Ah! She stole Med's voice so he can't scream when she gobbles him up!”

As she and the foals ran in terror… again… Luna called out to them in a vain hope. “NAY, CHILDREN, WAIT! I… I mean... nay, children, no, wait.”

Sparkella applied the speaking spell on me as she rubbed her chin in thought, then looking like she had an idea. “Come on, princess. Time for plan B.”

Curious as to where Sparkella was going with this, we both followed her back into town. At this point, should it really be worth mentioning that once ponies saw Luna they instantly bowed in fear and wouldn’t look up? Since that seemed to be the general reaction tonight.

“It is of no use. They have never liked us and they never shall.” Luna looked down with a hurt expression and a frown.

“Our friend Applejack is one of the most likable ponies around. I'm sure she'll have some ideas.” Sparkella confidently answered as we approached AJ.

AJ, it seemed, was making sure Pipsqueak didn’t fall into the apple bobbing tub before turning around, copying the rest of the townsfolk in quickly bowing and looking down in fear. I lightly facehoofed myself at the action, because seriously, AJ SAW Luna turn good! Whatever, I guess it’s just the holiday spirit gone too far.

“Uh... Applejack, the princess is looking for a little advice on how to fit in around here.” Sparkella didn’t looked amused as she whispered to AJ.

“Fit in? Really?” AJ looked at Sparkella before wincing a bit at the glare she got, quickly talking on and sounding a lot more supportive of the idea. “I mean... that's easy! All you gotta do is have the right attitude. Loosen up a bit, be positive, play a few games, have some fun.”

“Fun? What is this "fun" thou speakest of?” Luna questioned before we pointed at the spider tossing game, letting her walk over and ask inquisitively, “Pray tell, what purpose do these serve?”

“Try to land the sp-sp-spiders on the web.” The attendant fearfully pointed out with a hoof.

“You can do it, princess!” AJ cheered on as Luna tossed a spider.

While the first time was a complete fail, the second one looked like it was a dead-on hit. The surprised looks on everyone’s faces was something to behold, clearing through the fear that the other ponies were feeling. It looked like we were even getting a crowd going as Luna excitedly chattered.

“Ha! Your princess enjoys this "fun"! In what other ways may we experience it?” Luna eagerly asked.

We all had a small grin at each other before heading over to the pumpkin catapult station. While we had some fearful and confused looks, we soon got a pumpkin locked and loaded.

“Fire away, princess.” I called out as best I could.

“Ha ha! The fun has been doubled!” Luna called out as everyone cheered, being a lot more comfortable with her now.

“Why don't you try bobbin' for apples? We got the best apples in Equestria here, princess.” AJ lightly suggested.

“I ask that thou call us... me... Luna, fair Applejack. Hear me, villagers! All of you! Call me Luna!” Luna announced happily to a crowd of positive, murmuring ponies, who followed us to the apple bobbing station. “Show me to these bobbing apples.”

Unfortunately, it seems the siren call of the apple bobbing tub was too much for Pipsqueak, who landed right in the tub. Luna hurried over to him to quickly fish him out. And you’d never be surprised who showed up just in time to make things worse. That’s right… Pinkie came by, mistook the situation, and everyone fled again, landing Luna right back at square one. To be honest, I felt a little sorry for her, especially as she tried desperately to regain the affection from earlier. It all came to a head though as she spoke in her Royal Voice once more.

“Princess, remember! Watch the screaming!” Sparkella reminded Luna.

“NO, TWILIGHT SPARKLE! WE MUST USE THE TRADITIONAL ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE FOR WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO SAY. SINCE YOU CHOOSE TO FEAR YOUR PRINCESS RATHER THAN LOVE HER, AND DISHONOR HER WITH THIS INSULTING CELEBRATION, WE DECREE THAT NIGHTMARE NIGHT SHALL BE CANCELLED! FOREVER!” Luna proclaimed, with thunder and lightning to back her up before she disappeared.

AJ sighed as she looked about along with us. “Shoot. We had everything goin' our way. Luna was happy, everypony in town was happy, now look at 'em.”

We could see an untold amount of fillies and colts looking so distraught over the cancelling of the holiday. Honestly, I kinda felt sad about it too. It really was one of my favorite holidays, the one time of the year I could play my scary music and have everyone be enjoying it. I gave a small growl as I looked around.

“Where is that bird-brained friend of ours? Because right now, she’s been the reason every single time that Luna’s progress gets shattered.” I huffed angrily.

“Med! Honestly! Don’tcha ya know Pinkie by now? She’s probably thinkin’ it’s all in good fun or somethin’ and ain’t realizin’ that it’s just Luna, not Nightmare Moon!” AJ scolded me.

I gave another huff, but couldn’t refute that point. I turned around to see what my Sparkella was up to, but it seems she thought of something and ran off. I sighed a little as well, looking over at the equipment I had all set up for later tonight for the adults.

“Well… might as well make sure everything’s working just fine. If this is the last Nightmare Night, I’m gonna go out on a bang. If for some reason it’s not… it’ll just be a normal, epic night instead.” I grinned before getting to work.

After some amount of time, I could see the fillies and colts from before following Zecora and AJ with their sacks of candy. Being a bit curious, and honestly not hearing them earlier, I decided to tag along with the group to see what it was all about. Arriving at the statue of Nightmare Moon made me remember that we had to leave an offering of candy for her. I gave a small, sad smile as they reluctantly placed their candy down, Pipsqueak being last.

“Goodbye, Nightmare Night. Forever.” Pipsqueak morosely stated before starting to leave.

He was interrupted, as were the rest of us, by howling winds and an eerily familiar voice. “Citizens of Ponyville! You were wise to bring this candy to me. I am pleased with your offering. So pleased that I may just eat it... instead of eating you!”

We all then the statue of Nightmare Moon brought to life. And… OK, yeah, I may have screamed loudly like everyone else and was paralyzed in place, looking horrified. It was only lessened when Nightmare Moon shrunk down to Luna, who spat out a fake set of vampire teeth.

“I am not certain that did what you meant for it to do, Twilight Sparkle.” Luna noted as she looked at me.

“Just wait… Oh dear Celestia!” Sparkella panicked as she noticed me. “I’m really sorry sweetie!”

“I’m… OK… spell please?” I managed to eek out.

Sparkella nodded as I eventually got to speak and move again. Thinking back on it, that was a really excellent prank to pull, making me grin widely. Before Luna could comment any further either way, Pipsqueak came up to Luna and tugged at her a little, getting her attention.

“Um... Princess Luna? I know there's not gonna be any more Nightmare Night, but do you suppose maybe you could come back next year and scare us again anyway?” Pipsqueak innocently asked.

“Child. Art thou saying that thou... likest me to scare you?” Luna questioned confusedly.

“It's really fun! Scary, but fun!” Pipsqueak nodded eagerly.

“It… is?” Luna repeated in the same tone of voice.

“I do have to say, that was one of the best scares pulled off during Nightmare Night. Plus, I think I can say for Pipsqueak here when I say it’s one of my favorite nights.” I spoke up, grinning widely as Pipsqueak nodded once again, this time in agreement with me.

“Well then. We shall have to bring NIGHTMARE NIGHT BACK!” Luna proclaimed once more.

“Whoa! You're my favorite princess ever!” He ran back to the foals, who were nearby. “She said yes everyone!”

As the foals cheered, Sparkella came up beside Luna with a wide smile. “See? They really do like you, princess.”

“Can it be true? OH, MOST WONDERFUL OF-” She stopped herself, looking a little embarrassed before continuing on like normal. “I mean... Oh, most wonderful of nights.”

I couldn’t help but chuckle some more as Sparkella took a letter while Luna went into town. This Nightmare Night would certainly be one of the more memorable ones Ponyville’s ever had, by far. Especially with the ups and downs and everything in between when it involved Luna and Nightmare Night. Though near the end of Sparkella’s dictation, I could see Dash trying to scare her with another thunderclap. It seemed though that someone else beat her to the punch, as a bolt of lightning went off right behind Dash, making her flee as I looked closer while Sparkella turned around. To our minor surprise, and to much laughter, it was none other than Luna, presumably getting back at Dash who did the same to her.

“Hey, Princess Luna? Before the night ends, there’s a special little hour for the stallions and colts to have their own Nightmare Night. I got a few songs loaded up, so I gotta go and take care of that. Wanna come with and hear it?” I offered.

“We think that would be a splendid idea. Lead back the way.” Luna nodded happily.

I chuckled as we went back to the festival, and sure enough, all the kids were gone for the night, including Spike, who had gone home with a huge pile of candy to munch through. I gave a devious grin as I got on the stage, looking out at everypony.

“Alright, mares and stallions of all ages! It’s time to start Grown-Up Nightmare Night the only way I know how! And that’s to sing a special little tune that’ll haunt you good!” I announced into a microphone.

“Hopefully you got something good this time!” Dash taunted from the back of the crowd.

“I can promise you… that this tune will be sending shivers down your spine.” I chuckled evilly as I started up the song, choosing to play the piano this time to make a more haunting melody. And with that done, I can definitely say… Best. Nightmare Night. EVER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14b2aoH9Igw


End of Chapter 4