//------------------------------// // chapter 31: a candy crusade: the second coming // Story: Bamboozled again! // by Theboxcatgamr //------------------------------// BOOM SUDDENLY I DECIDED TO SKIP TO MY SECOND NIGHTMARE NIGHT FOR RESONS INVOLVED WITH A BILL COSBY SPIDER CRAWLING FROM THE SHIT-ENCRUSTED BOWLS OF HELL AND CAUSING EXTREME TRAMA. SORRY. it was nightmare night once again and this time instead of raising hell in Jerusalem as crusaders I am now simply a skeleton. As it turns out, Scootaloo was planning on being a skeleton as well (she's a natural). Twilight was dressed as that starswirl guy, spike was...a dragon, and Clyde was dressed as the stormtrooper that fell down a flight of stairs (complete with electronic baton). we went outside and went to the many houses in search of candy (or in the case of my iPad's autocorrect: Canada). Eventually I remembered something: nightmare. "Hey Scootaloo" "yeah?" "Have you seen nightmare anywhere?" "no...uh but we could look for her." "Sounds good. Heck, you might even get a mark in tracking or something" Her eyes lit up and the other crusaders were jerked violently in our direction by something invisible before flying towards us not in a arc but a completely straight line. Luckily I managed to plug my ears this time before facing the blunt power of "the voice". "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS TRACKERS YAAAAY!!!" A window broke from the force of the attack and after apologizing and paying for the damage, we got started on our hunt. This eventually led to the forest. Applejack and rarity had forbidden them to enter the forest so they turned back sadly. Scootaloo just looked at me with huge eyes that just screamed "please". A few minutes later we were halfway into the forest calling out her name. Then once again for the thousandth' time. Wolfs happened. They circled us in a gigantic pack hungry for food, I summoned my armour and my hammer when suddenly Scootaloo did what I can only assume was the pony version of a superman punch, she quickly followed up by swinging her legs and hitting the timberwolf into the air before performing a handstand, she swung and vaulted into the air thanks to her wings and made a gigantic dropkick to the head of the wolf, I capitalized on this by grabbing Scootaloo and putting her on my back as I slammed the hammer into the wolf sending it flying into many other wolfs. The ones not done in by our attack closed in until the world got darker. Scootaloo on my back was also affected by the shadow energy and as a result the costume she was wearing couldn't handle the pressure and burst into a blue flame, her iconic purple hair turned bright blue as the energy spread up her tinting her fur black as she held on tight to me and used her wings, a large gust of wind from her attack launched the pack far far away. The world brightened much quicker then usual as Scootaloo let go of me and flew to the side "HOLY SHIT" "THAT WAS TOTALLY WICKED!" She seemed oblivious to the fact she was truly flying, the edges of her wings did not change back to the orange they usually sported and remained an inky black hue, one could say it looked like an outline. As she flew in the same spot her wings trailed a surprisingly psychedelic blue after-image. "..." "what?" "Nothing. Let's just go to the castle." And so we went to the large ominous structure and heard faint music. We investigated and eventually we entered a side room with a large church organ playing music. Nightmare was sat down at it. "Hey nightmare!" She turned around quickly at the sound of my voice. She looked as if she had been crying. "...you ok?" She remained silent "it's because of the holiday isn't it" She sombrely nodded She stood up and telaported out of the castle, she went back to twilight's house. We began the walk out of the forest and eventually we re-entered the town. "hey dad? Why is the ground lower then before?" "That's because..." I grinned "...you grew up a little" She looked at me confused. I pointed to her currently flapping wings keeping her airborne. She took a look at them and then it hit her. ""YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..." She blasted off high into the clouds joyfully as I walked back to the house. I heard crying coming from the bathroom so I sat in front of the door. My prayers were answered when some music started. This time, I sang because I wanted to: "Oh, I've been sitting here for hours As I wish for this to start I set my standards high In hopes they will not fall apart" "It's almost like I fell asleep My doubts have seemed to fade Because I've opened up my eyes to see I'm right where I planned to be, Today!" "Today!" "Cast your nets, cast it out And I hope to god you'll scream and shout It's everything you wanted, maybe more" "Anyone can dream through the night But only some can dream with eyes wide There lies the fight inside It resides in everyone They will proclaim you a fool And it reminds you to do Anything and everything to prove them a liar" "It's almost like I fell asleep My doubts have seemed to fade Because I've opened up my eyes to see I'm right where I planned to be, Today!" "Today!" "Cast your nets, cast it out And I hope to god you'll scream and shout It's everything you wanted, maybe more" "Does it seem out of reach? Hit the ground, and run with both your feet Here's a lesson that I hope to teach Believe you'll be a dream catcher" "Cry out loud and take the stage! And don't let skeptics slow your pace With every forward step you'll take Their breath away!" "Their breath away!" "Believe, believe they'll spit their words And some will say it seems absurd But devour the cynics, Dismiss the critics, And mark my words They'll regret it when you-" "-cast your nets, cast it out And I hope to god you'll scream and shout It's everything you wanted, maybe more!" "Today!" "Today!" "Cast your nets, cast it out And I hope to god you'll scream and shout It's everything you wanted, maybe more!" "Does it seem out of reach? Hit the ground, and run with both your feet Here's a lesson that I hope to teach Believe you'll be a dream catcher!" "Please believe you'll be a dream catcher" "Please believe you'll be a dream catcher-" She opened the door and gave a deep hug. I swiftly returned it as Scootaloo watched from the windows with a smile. This event was one of the more emotional parts of my adventure- *JOES BARBECUE AND FOOT MASSAGE-beep* You have reached godfathers pizza, you damm'em we slam'em how may I help you? Oh hey it's you! How's it going? Yeah I read the comment John. Wait you're coming now? As in right now? Uh ok there is a button on the bottom of the box of alcohol I sent you. Climb inside the box and press it. No it won't hurt and the box is actually indestructible. Yes I understand it's much bigger on the inside just press the button and be ready to explain in the next chapter a bit of backstory. No, singing is optional only until you arrive in equestria. Yes it will happen somewhat randomly. See you soon John! *click* I just hope he is alone *POP* Hi welcome back! thanks- Before we can continue let's just get the back story out of the way. (sigh) ok let's start