//------------------------------// // Feeling A Bit Jumpy // Story: Tales from the NightMare Crypt // by Wildcard25 //------------------------------// After Twilight finished her story the whole group was left in a complete scare, frightful, and terrified mode as they soon laughed and chuckled as they calm themselves and pulled themselves all together. “(Phew) Man that was a pretty terrifying tale. Well done, Twilight,” Chet commended, as Twilight smiled and giggled. “Aw shucks, you’re making me blush here.” Twilight giggled. “Boy, that really was a scary story.” Spike feeling a bit more terrified than ever but trying to keep his cool. “You said it, Spike.” Smolder also felt a bit shaken. “Man, I almost lost all my feathers on my wings from hearing that!” Gallus feeling a bit scared. “I know, mine almost did too.” Silverstream replied while keep her wings clamped down “Wow to the wow, that story was extreme, scared the wits out of me,” Sandbar screamed in excitement before noticing Yona, ”Uh, Yona are you alright?” “Y-y-yona n-n-not s-s-sc-scared of s-st-st-story.” Yona replied while shaking and rocking back and forth in her seat. Ocellus noticed the blanket shuttering right next to Fluttershy, “Um Fluttershy is that Angel’s teeth we hear chattering?” Fluttershy noticed and lifted the blanket up noting Angel being terrified, “I’m afraid it is.” Pinkie Pie popped up behind her, “Unless somepony brought another set!” Pinkie held up a set of chattering teeth gag as she giggled as did the rest of the gang. “Aw come on, you guys weren’t really scared by that story were you?” Scootaloo spoke up and feeling for once was not really scared, ”It was fun!” “For once, I’m not actually scared at all from neither of those stories,” Fluttershy confirmed, “They were fun.” “Oh, yeah sure….fun,” Spike hesitantly replied, “Like the tale of the Phantom Pony of the Castle!!” “Or the one with the Swamp Monster!” Sweetie Belle mentioned as everyone else agreed. “Oh, listen to you all. And after you gave Fluttershy, Scootaloo, and Ocellus such a hard time,” Twilight pointed out, “Now all of you are spooked out and they aren’t.” “Yeah, because these three are very wise to know that some monsters are not real, not like the ones we all encounter here in Equestria,” Chet concur his thoughts with Twilight. The group felt a little at ease hearing and seeing their point of the whole deal. Suddenly, the group heard a very loud disturbing grow, making the group feeling unease. “Wh-What in the world was that?” Rarity winced. “Sounded like a growl!” Applejack feeling scared. “The kind that a Swamp Monster would make!!” both Applebloom and Sweetie Belle spoke. “Actually, that was only my tummy rumbly,”Pinkie spoke with a squeaky grin,”Let’s eat some more!” Everyone were in a sigh of relief. Didn’t last long when they then heard a strange unearthly music playing in the sky, once again got everyone unease. “Shhh! Shhh! Listen, do you hear that?” Spike shushed the group while hesitated to speak, “It sounds like the Pony Phantom playing the Pipe Organs!” “Don’t be ridiculous, Spike,” Twilight assured Spike,“It’s probably just the wind.” As if things were not looking bad enough, the group then heard a horrid howling occurring from a distance, making the group feel even more unease. “Y-yo-you d-d-do-don’t suppose that could b-be a…” Rainbow Dash winced while she and Pinkie clung onto each other while almost every pony and creature had the exact same thought in mind. ”WEREHAAARE!?!?!?!?!?,” Everyone screamed as they started to jump out of their seats collecting their things and ran far from the campfire like scared rabbits. All except for Chet, Twilight, Fluttershy, Scootaloo and Ocellus. “Wait a minute, everyone!” Ocellus called out, “There’s no such thing as a Swamp Monster, or a Pony Phantom, or a WereHare!!” But to no avail, the whole group kept on running away from the campfire. “I don’t think they heard you, Ocellus.” Scootaloo confirmed. “O,h dear I’m afraid they’re a bit too spooked from those three stories." Fluttershy felt worried for her friends. “Oh, good grief! The next thing you know, they’ll all start believing in ghosts!” Twilight feeling a bit irritated. “Uh Twi,” Chet tapped on Twilight’s shoulder, ”I think you might want to change your physician after...THAT!!!” Chet then pointed the direction he was looking at as the other looked the same way and what they saw were a trio of ghostly figures hovering over the fire. They seem to be dressed in hitchhiking wears. The middle one was very tall wearing an old fashion night coat with old bowtie and wearing a Derby Bowler Hat. The second one was little shorter than the first wearing a heavier coat and a Top Hat, and carrying a bag. And the third was very short and very hairy with long beard, wearing ragged clothing and carrying a chain weight in his arms. They each were holding up their hooves and got them into hitchhiking points. Just then more spooky music began to sing in a more jazz way and the ghost start singing. (Ghost 1) When the crypt doors creak And the tombstones quake (Ghost 2 and 3) Spooks come out for a singing wake (Ghost 1) Happy haunts materialize (Ghost 2 and 3) And begin to vocalize (Together) Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize (Ghost 1) Now don't close your eyes And don't try to hide (Ghost 2 and 3) Or a silly spook may sit by your side (Ghost 1) Shrouded in a daft disguise (Ghost 2 and 3) They pretend to terrorize (Together) Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize (Ghost 1) As the moon climbs high o'er dead oak tree (Ghost 2 and 3) Spooks arrive for the midnight spree (Ghost 1) Creepy creeps with eerie eyes (Ghost 2 and 3) Start to shriek and harmonize (Together) Grim grinning ghosts come out socialize (Ghost 1) When you hear the knell of a requiem bell (Ghost 2 and 3) Weird glows gleam where spirits dwell (Ghost 1) Restles bones etherealize (Ghost 2 and 3) Rise as spooks of every size (Together) Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize (Spooky Laughing) To the sight of the three, got the five terrified as they then screamed in fright. “WAIT FOR US!!!” The five shouted as they too collected their things and ran after the group away from the spot. To their confusion, the ghostly trio scratched their head, shrugged and floated down to pick up what seem to be leftover snacks the group brought. They savored the taste, grabbed the bucket full of water and extinguished the fire before laughing at ghostly tone before floating away into the night.