Spike returned some time later, a look of relief on his face.
"Sorry about that. Kibble goes right through me you know?" He hopped right back onto his chair. " Alright now, where were we? Oh yes, Rainbow had just cast the spell just before Pinkie and Sunset Shimmer arrived...."
After hitting every house on Pinkie's map, she, Sunset and the kids finally arrived at the school.
"Alrighty then!" Pinkie was looking over a checklist. "Tonight I've obtained a total of sixteen choco-yummy bars, twelve marshmallow -popcorn balls, three full-sized sugar skulls and-"
"I think we get the picture." Sunset said, looking at Pinkie's completely stuffed sack.
Pinkie just shrugged and put the checklist back in her hair. "Now there's just one last thing." She spread out her arms, "A tour through the haunted house!" She gestured to the decorated school in all it's glory. "Me, Rainbow and Rarity worked super-duper hard on it this year, so you guys are going to have a blast!"
She then ran up the stairs to the front doors. "C'mon! The night is young and your going to have the fright of your lives!"
Sunset herded the group towards Pinkie before turning to go. "I'm going to get Twilight and Applejack, I'll be right back!"
"Hey! That rhymed!"
Sunset just rolled her eyes playfully while she went to get her friends.
Rarity and Rainbow continued to lead the group through the school, with Rainbow looking around anxiously, expecting the spell to activate.
"C'mon, any second now..." She mumbled.
"What's the matter?" Trixie asked condescendingly. "Getting scared by your own attraction? How pathetic."
Rainbow scowled at her but didn't say anything.
It should be working now, right? I'm pretty sure I pronounced everything right. Something should have happened by now!
The group turned into another hall, not seeing the zombie puppet move it's arm...
Meanwhile, back in the gym, the chill that had taken hold of Twilight refused to leave.
Although she tried to force herself to have a good time with AJ, she couldn't help but look around anxiously.
"Are you sure you're all right Twi?" AJ asked, noticing her rubbing her arms for warmth.
Twilight could only give her a nervous look. "...Does it feel cold in here to you? Or at least a little chilly?"
Applejack blinked in confusion. "No. It's actually a little warm with everyone in here. Why?"
Before Twilight could answer, they saw Sunset heading towards them.
"Hey guys! We just got here. Sorry it took so long, but apparently Pinkie can be just a through as you when it comes to planning something she likes."
"Aw don't worry about it sugarcube." AJ reassured her with a warm smile. "We're ready to have a good time with ya."
"Let's go. The others are waiting outside-"
"A moment please?"
The trio jumped and turned to see Luna standing there. Like always her face was impossible to read.
"What is it?" AJ asked.
Instead of answering her, Luna walked right up to Twilight.
"I'm assuming you felt it too?"
Twilight looked shocked for a moment before nodding.
"Yeah....It just suddenly got cold here all of a sudden. Why?"
With that Luna frowned.
"Psychic intuition. You mind can sense that something has happened and is trying to inform you of it. I myself felt it just a few minutes ago."
"But what happened? And why can't just know what happened."
Luna shook her head. "The mind works in mysterious ways. It can tell you that something has happened, but it might not know what. It's giving you these symptoms so you can be aware of it and track it down to fix it. As for that what," Luna's frown deepened. "I'm afraid I'm not entirely sure myself. But I'm afraid it might have come from inside the school."
"But the girls are in there! Along with a bunch of visitors!" AJ explained with worry.
"And I left Pinkie right in front of the school with the kids!" Sunset panicked.
"Then we have no time to lose. We must rush over right away to see what happened. Sunset, I'm afraid that for their own safety, you have to send the kids home. We can't take any risks."
Sunset nodded and the group rushed out, hoping they got there before anything happened.
Pinkie was starting to get impatient, tapping her foot and checking her watch that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"Where are they? It doesn't take this long to get to the gym when you use the door to the outside."
"There they are!" Pip shouted, pointing to the familiar group.
"Pinkie!" Sunset shouted as she approached. "Get the kids away from the school!"
"Why?"
Just then, a vacuum from inside seemed to grab at Pinkie and the kids, trying to pull them into the school!
"AAAHHHH!" Pip screamed as he was sucked in.
"PIP!" Sunset cried out in horror.
Pinkie had grabbed the edge of the door but was quickly loosing her grip as the vacuum grew in force by the second.. "What's going on!?" She cried out in terror as the force increased on her, forcing her to let go and pulling her inside.
Luna, AJ, Sunset and Twilight tried to rush up to help when suddenly the door shut on their own, stopping the vacuum and causing all of them to fall backwards.
For a moment, they all just looked at the entrance with shock and horror.
"Oh no..." Twilight whispered.