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// Chapter 42: 2spoopy4me 
// Story: Harmonic Gift From The Stars 
// by DTavs exe 
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The flapping of two pairs of majestic wings alerted the town of Ponyville who was preparing for a celebration. Two alicorns landed outside of the Castle of Friendship, some ponies watched as the former Princesses of Equestria arrived in their small town, some of them waving at them since they finally got used to not needing to bow to them.

“Tia, are you sure that coming a day earlier without notice was a good idea?”

“Don’t worry about it Lulu, life gives surprises all the time and a surprise like us is always welcome.”

Celestia knocked at the door and waited, she then knocked again a bit stronger and waited, and waited some more, until they could hear flapping of wings that stopped right behind the door. The door opened and revealed a purple dragon.

“Oh hey there Celestia, Luna, we weren’t expecting you until tomorrow for Nightmare Night.”

“Yes, kind Spike, my dear sister and I decided to arrive a day earlier to surprise everypony.”

The alicorns entered the castle and followed Spike, Celestia looked left to right like looking for something, “Spike, why are you opening the door? Where is everypony?”

The small drake stopped and turned to see them, “oh yeah, well Starlight and Sunburst returned to their town since it seems Stellar Flare is in labor, Trixie and Moondancer went with them for support.”

“Wow really? Yeah she should be around her eleventh month right about now, do they know if the baby is a filly or a colt?”

“Nah, they wanted it to be a surprise, but my bet is on colt, right Luna?”

“Yes Spike, our bet is on colt, a powerful and wise colt, if he is like his siblings.”

“No Lulu, I’m sure the baby will be a filly, she will be cute and awkward like her siblings, anyway where is Twilight?.”

They continued walking, “oh she is really busy back at Canterlot, but she’d be here tomorrow for Nightmare night.”

“And Tube Tester?”

“She is back at Laburinthos for a few days and Tinker left with her.”

Celestia looked disappointed, “oh well, so I guess it’ll be only the three of us today.”

“Actually I already had a guest over,” Spike opened a door and a peppy griffin waved at him.

“Oh Spikenator, I see we have more guests, hi there!” Luna and Celestia waved at Gabby, “we were going to  head to the studio to listen to a couple of songs, wanna join us?”

“Oh, Gabby right?” she nodded, “we would love to  accompany you, I have been wanting to listen to another song for a while,” Luna said while her sister nodded.

Celestia noticed that there was a white spot next to Gabby’s beak, “um… Gabby,  there is a…” Celestia pointed at her own face with a hoof.

Gabby moved a talon to her face, finding the white substance with a claw, “Oh this?” she then gathered it all up with her claw and put it in her mouth, suckling it for a while,“ this is from Spike’s… um whatchamacallit? It’s cylindrical, a bit thick and with cream inside?”

Celestia blushed immediately, images of Spike sharing intimate moments with Gabby filled her mind, the little drake that she had seen almost like a son for years, from the moment he hatched thanks to Twilight now became an adult, how time goes flying.

“An eclair?” asked Luna, snapping Celestia from her trance.

“YEAH! That’s it, would you like one? He made a bunch of them,” Gabby picked a tray with at least a dozen of eclairs.

“Oh… aw… I mean, thank you, I would love one.”

“One dear sister? I’m sure that with your appetency for pastries you could engulf at least twice this much.”

Celestia stared daggers at  her sister, but then rolled her eyes and giggled for the joke, “fine you got me there.”

The trio  walked to the studio with trays of pastries and drinks, once they arrived they sat around  the  music box,  they  all  decided Gabby would be the first to press the button, she  did and what  appeared to be a squeaking door and something boiling sounded.



“That doesn’t sound like a song at all, does it Spikerony? Oh there you go, drums make it always better.”

“Oh he was working on a lab like Twilight, wait he also has a monster on a slab like Twilight...”

Celestia raised an eyebrow, “wait, Twilight has a what in her lab?”

“Well it's more like a golem, she has been trying to make a mud golem for a long time but she can’t bring it to life just yet.”

“I’ll need to talk with Twilight about that aberration of nature.”

“Sister dearest, that kind of magical prowess has been sought since before I was banished,  maybe we can let her attempt it, what’s the worst that could happen?”

“Yeah, you are probably right, it is not like that golem could go crazy and attack half the city of canterlot.”

“Besides the creepy implications,  this  song is very catchy,” Gabby said while moving from  side to side at the rhythm of the music.

Spike eyes went  wide, “d-d-did he said zo-zo-zombies?!?!” everyone nodded, “who could have fun with ZOMBIES! THEY WOULD EAT YOUR BRAINS!”

“Come on SpookySpike,  I’m sure this song is just for fun, no one would believe that zombies, men, wolves, that guy called Dracula or his son would party together.”

“Yeah you are probably right.”

“You see, even the names make no sense, Igor? Who in this or other world could be called Igor. Maybe even that place is imaginary, I mean Transilvania? That sounds so funny,” Gabby giggled.

Luna was moving from side to side but there was something on her mind, “whatever is this mash?”

“It seems to be some kind of dance, probably a fun one since they all want to do it, even monsters that should be scary.”

“I would like to mash,” said Spike jumping from his seat and hovering in the air in front of Gabby, “would you mash with me Gabbyrator?”

“I want to mash with you too Spikoruu,” and so they mashed until the song ended waving their claws and moving their tails from side to side while the alicorns watched them.

After the song ended, Spike and Gabby ended panting, sweating, laughing and exhausted from all that mashing, Luna approached the music box, “I suppose it is my turn now as we all decided,” Luna pressed the button and an eerie tune began playing, bringing chills to everyone except Luna, who found the tune interesting.



“This tune, I find it quite charming,” the alicorn of the night said, “I like how that… instruments sound… and heir  voices are pretty interesting, don’t you think Tia?”

“Interesting? hey sounds like they are on a cul or something..”

“Oh please Tia, the way they are singing must be a choice, an aesthetical way to express their artistic message.”

“Halloween? Are they talking about a town called Halloween?”

Celestia scratched her chin, “it seems that way, Gabby and it has something to do with pumpkins as well as with… trick or treat?”

“Tia, isn’t that what foals do these days on Nightmare night?”

Spike jumped from his seat, “YEAH! And I’m going to go disguised as a comic hero, Crimson Hopper, I already have my suit prepared and my red hammer ready.”

“Oh great Spikeshufle, isn’t that that uses the phrase nobody counted on my cunning?”

“The same one Gabbonatta,” they both laughed while the alicorns stared at them, “WOA! Did he say sharp teeth and red glowing eyes? Dude now that’s creepy… nevermind, snake fingers and head spiders is even more creepy.”

“They describe the town of Halloween like if it was Nightmare Night, don’t you think that they celebrate Nightmare Night as well do you Lulu?”

“Who knows, there wouldn’t be any reason for them to celebrate it or at least not a reason like we have, maybe they have their own reason to celebrate darkness and spooky stuff,” they kept enjoying the song when the next verse started, “oh… now that’s something even I find scary.”

“Oh yeah, I can’t get over how you find clowns scary, I swear Lulu, you are scared of the weirdest things,” Celestia laughed while Luna stared at her and ignited her horn, she pulled from the aether a creature that inhabited Celestia’s nightmares, a continuous clucking came from Celestia’s head, the white alicorn raised her head and stared at a beast flapping her wings and this brought terror to the white alicorn’s heart, “a… a… A CHICKEN! MAKE IT GO AWAY MAKE IT GO AWAY! FINE, MY PHOBIAS ARE RIDICULOUS TOO JUST GET RID OF IT!” Luna’s face sported a triumphant smirk. She made the chicken disappear and Celestia recovered her calm demeanor, she coughed on her hoof and fixed her mane, “so… what a nice song isn’t it?”

“Come on Tia, just like the song said, life is no fun without a little scare, don’t you think young Spike?”

“Um… yeah, but maybe… you… um… kinda overdid it, I had never seen Celestia so scared,” Spike said, worried of Luna’s retaliation for not agreeing with her.

“Did I? Do you think that as well, young maiden Gabby?”

Gabby looked at Spike, she wrapped a wing around him protectively and stared at Luna, “yes, I agree with Spike, that was too mean.”

“I see, sister dearest, I apologize for using one of your worst fears against you,” Luna asked Celestia, raising a hoof. The former princess of the sun grabbed her hoof and pulled her to a hug.

“It’s ok Luna, I shouldn’t have mentioned how ridiculous your fear of clowns is,” they separated and Celestia pressed the button of the music box with her magic, an eerie and persistent tune played on the machine.



“That sounds creepy as well, I feel like something is after me.”

“You are right Spike, it gives me the chills,” Spike and Gabby held each other while listening to the song.

After a few moments of listening to the song, Luna raised her eyebrow, “it appears that there aren't any lyrics to the song, it is incredible how just a tune can evoke feelings of uneasiness.”

“I believe there was a pony, a century or two ago, Merry Melodies, he studied how certain notes and tunes could affect emotions, he also had a nice flank and a tongue that could-” Celestia was interrupted by Luna who put a hoof on her muzzle pointing Spike and Gabby with her other hoof, who were staring with their eyes wide open, the pair were annoyed that Luna didn’t let them hear the rest of Celestia’s story.

“Anyway, this song doesn’t seem to have any lyrics at all but, isn’t it  weird that these aliens have a similar celebration like Nightmare Night?”

“Not really Spike, many cultures tend to have similar traditions, remember they also have a version of Heartwarming, so it is fair to say they would have other similar traditions, most of them are due to the changing of the seasons, oh the song ended, Spike I believe is  your turn now.”

“I’m on it,” Spike flapped his wings and pressed the button and the voice of a child came from the device.



“DUDE, now that’s creepy...”

“What’s creepy about oranges and lemons, young Spike?”

“Is not what they said is how they said it, the bells of saint Clements?”

“Hmm, it sounds like a child nursery rhyme.”

“Um, how can one owe farts? That’s so silly,” Gabby giggled.

“Actually I think they are saying farthings, which is weird since I believe that was one of the options we had when picking the name of our coin, we finally decided bits, so I guess they might mean farthing as in coin and it seems that it was a nursery rhyme after all.”

“The song is sounding pretty creepy as well, but also calmly for a reason, I wouldn’t mind listening in a well lit room and with company, but I definitely wouldn’t hear it alone in the dark.”

“Spike, do you think you could play this? At least the piano part?” Celestia asked.

“Um, yeah I think I could, it doesn’t sound that complicated, why?”

“Well I was thinking you could play it tomorrow on Nightmare Night party.”

“That’s a great idea, Spikeboo you should totally play this on the party, you are a great pianist… heheh pianist…”

They kept listening to the song until it ended, when a red balloon landed right in front of them, “what the? Where did this come from?”

“I made it silly willy, it floats, heheheheh,” a voice came behind them and everyone screamed, surprised by the voice, turning around to see a pink pony giggling, “hi guys,” Pinkie said while blowing another balloon, tying it and throwing it to them.

“PINKIE! What the hay? How long have you been there?”

“I’ve been here from the start, you should really look behind you once in a while,” they stared at the party pony, rolling their  eyes since they know that it would be pointless to try to explain Pinkie’s antics, “so can I get a turn?” Pinkie didn’t wait for an answer and jumped in front of the music box, pressing the button, a guitar played and a male alien began talking.



“That dude sounds creepy but in a fun way.”

“Like me Spike?”

“No Pinkie, you are not creepy, you are just… well Pinkie… um, what is a timewarp?”

“Oh Spikey Wikey, that’s simple, a timewarp is basically some phenomenon that changes the flow of time by speeding it up or making it run more slowly”

“How do you know that Pinkie?”

“It says so on this book I was reading while you were ignoring me,” Pinkie said while pulling out her tongue in a funny way, “Oh that sounds like a fun dance, we should do the timewarp.”

“Hey SpikeSempai,  don’t think the lyrics on this song make any sort of sense.”

“Well, young maiden Gabby, I do believe they are just describing scenes where they felt the time passed in a different way.”

“HEY I think the chorus is coming soon, why don’t we do the timewarp dance?”

“But Pinkie, some of us don’t have hands,” said Celestia.

“Just use your forehooves then silly filly,” Pinkie said while patting Celestia’s mane like a child.

“I’m over a thousand years older than you,” Celestia said embarrassed.

As the chorus of the song started, they did just like the singer did, they gave a jump to the left, then they gave a step to the right, they all went on their back legs and put their hooves, claws and talons on their hips bringing their knees tight, finally they thrust their hips as fast as they could making Luna fall on her flank, everyone laughed even Luna, she then stood up and tried again making it this time, they all laughed enjoying the song ending.

“That was so much fun, we should totally play this at the party tomorrow,” everyone agreed, laughing. Finally they calmed down and began cleaning the place.


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The night of the next day came, the group was enjoying the party with sweets and pumpkin spiced punch while laughing, Luna was playing with the foals, Rarity and Applejack were outside enjoying each other’s company watching the moon, Spike and Gabby were playing the song they listened to yesterday. At the food table, there was Twilight talking with Celestia talking about the day before.

“And then Pinkie just appeared behind us scaring the feathers out of us.”

“That’s classic Pinkie, at least she didn’t surprise you with her party cannon, now that would have been hilarious, ain’t that right Pinkie,” Twilight looked back but saw that Pinkie wasn’t there, “damn, I was sure she would appear behind us.”

“Oh I wasn’t behind you, I was under the table,” the Pink party only said, coming from under the table surprising the two alicorns.

“Pinkie Pie, you got us good like yesterday. hmm speaking about yesterday, I noticed that all or at least most of the songs we listened to yesterday had a scary theme, Twilight, are you sure that the music box picks songs at random?”

“Well, you’ll see Celestia, I’ve noticed as well for all the songs that we have heard before and besides nothing is ever random really, everything follows an order, one way or another, I was talking to Professor Tube Tester and the music box is most certain to pull the songs from an already existing list, and picks them in a random sequence, but this sequence is actually generated by a program, Minotaurs created this random number generator or RNG which is an algorithm that produces random numbers, we both believe the music box uses something similar to pick the songs, you get it?”

“I think I’m following you so far.”

“Well anyway, since the music box uses external energy to power, but it is sensible enough to detect the residual magic coming from everything, from the living creatures to the elements to even the ground itself, so this residual magic could affect the RNG of the music box in some sort of way.”

“That’s really interesting Twilight, but I can see in your eyes that even if you figured it, you have no way to prove it right?”

“You know me well.”

“Twilight, I was your teacher for almost two decades, at least there is a chance we could get an answer soon when we pull out that thing from space.”

“Yeah, I can’t believe it's almost at the point where we can reach it, I can’t wait.”


To be continued