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// Chapter 6: To the Haunted Woods of Discovery! 
// Story: The Nightmare Night Fiasco 
// by Musical_theatre_demon 
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On the trick-or-treating path, Rainbow Dash, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Cozy Glow spotted several different fillies and colts going to every house in Ponyville. Every house seemed to have similar decorations: fake spiders and cobwebs, Nightmare Moon turning back into Princess Luna, and jack-o-lanterns on the front porch that have been carved by those fillies and colts and implanted with a candle by their parents.

As they neared Sugarcube Corner, which Pinkie and Cheese decorated overboard for Nightmare Night like they always did, Apple Bloom blushed when she spotted Pop Fly, Sweetie Belle at Button Mash, and Scootaloo at Diamond Tiara. 

"What are you weirdos staring at?" Cozy Glow said. She then understood. "Oh yes. Your crushes. I should've guessed." 

"Do you have a crush, Cozy?" Sweetie Belle asked. 

"No way!" Cozy Glow cried, flustered. She eventually gave it up. "It's Rumble," she said.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo gasped all at the same time. "That's the pony who never wanted a cutie mark!" they cried. 

"Yeah, that's him," Cozy Glow said, "Why did you force him when he didn't want a cutie mark?" 

The Cutie Mark Crusaders were silent. 

"Never mind," said Cozy, "Let's continue having fun." 

The next house they approached was Sugarcube Corner, where Pinkie Pie let them take as much as they wanted. Next, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Cozy Glow trotted on to Carousel Boutique, and then to Sweet Apple Acres Farm. There, Apple Bloom lowered her head in shame. 

A few more houses they passed and then the night was finished. But that was when Apple Bloom spotted it. She pointed to Ponyville Cemetery. The quickest route, however, was to cross the woods and reach it. 

"Are you sure you wanna do this, Apple Bloom?" Scootaloo asked. 

"Yeah, we should really turn back," Sweetie Belle added, "That route doesn't look safe." 

"Goddamn pussies!" Cozy Glow shouted, "Let's go in there and help Apple Bloom! Are you really gonna back off now when your friend has an important mission that she wants to discover her family life? Am I the only one who seriously realised what friendship was because of Diamond Tiara?" 

"Yeah! We can't leave Apple Bloom hanging!" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo exclaimed. 

So all of the fillies ran into the woods after Apple Bloom to aid her in her search. 

Rainbow Dash zoomed after them, immediately catching up to them, but accidentally leaving a Sonic Rainboom behind. 

"Holy crap, that was awesome!" Scootaloo said. 

Rainbow Dash bit her lip. "Shit, that was too fast." She shook off the nervousness. "You guys really need to wait for the adult here. You can't go off by yourselves." 

"We understand," the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Cozy Glow said. 

"Good," Rainbow Dash said. 

They examined their surroundings. 

"Where the fuck are we?" Rainbow Dash said. 

"I don't know," Apple Bloom replied, "But I guess we'll just have to find out!" She gestured to her friends and Rainbow Dash to come. "C'mon, guys!" 

So everypony followed Apple Bloom until they were face to face in front of a haunted house.