//------------------------------// // Nightfall Of The Equestrian Apocalypse // Story: Nightmare Night At Equestria Horror Land // by Lonely Fanboy48 //------------------------------// On the final day of the month, the Rainbooms manage to give their closest friends the invitations and thanks to Vignette, Equestria Land is fully decorated for the holiday. “Can’t you believe we’re finally gonna do this tonight!?” Rainbow Dash cheered, while walking with her friends in the school hallway. “Not to mention what we did in Equestria Land.” Applejack responded. “It tooks days to give it a brand new paint job.” “Hey, if you wanna make everything a true horror experience, take some inspiration out of the horror films.” Sunset added. “And make the costumes so convincing to make all of us true MONSTERS!” Pinkie squealed, eager to head to Equestria Land, but she still needed to get her costume from her house. “Okay, we can all agree tonight is gonna be interesting, but this holiday is still all about historical propaganda.” Twilight chimed in. “Most of the students who we invited haven’t even watched a single horror movie unlike us.” “True but they might get the references, when they get to the stands.” Sunset responded. “Have you ever gone to a horror party before?” “Well...only once, but I barely did much there.” “And I assume it was your days during Crystal Prep, wasn’t it?” “It wasn’t as simple as I remember it, okay?” “Then the Shadowbolts must have been very petty, even when they threw parties at their places.” Rainbow recalled. With the Rainbooms all ready to have the horror party of all horror parties tonight, they still didn’t forget about Fluttershy. Over the last few days, their shy, but lovely friend had been alone while they were focusing on their horror party. When they stepped outside of the courtyard, they saw Fluttershy sitting on the steps, with her having no plans for herself today. “You really think she’s gonna be the only person not coming?” Rarity wondered. “Pretty much, she didn’t even accept the invitation we gave her.” Applejack added. “I’ll go talk to her, you all get ready for the party at Equestria Land tonight.” Sunset makes the next move, while her friends leave Canterlot High. She sat next to Fluttershy, with her taking notice after days of not responding to her. “You’re absolutely sure staying at home would still be the right choice?” “It’s not like I’m missing anything special.” Fluttershy responded. “Well.” Sunset turned her head to the other direction. “We always make something special.” “But not during this holiday. How am I supposed to contribute?” Upon giving so many invitations to so many people, Sunset heard about what costumes they were gonna wear and at least a few were coming as superheroes. “Do you think wearing a simple costume doesn’t seem like enough?” Sunset asked, turning to Fluttershy, to which she nodded. “I wanted to wear a pretty costume but...I can tell everyone at Equestria Land wouldn’t wear the same outfit as me.” “Hey, when a party is all about horror, I really need to commit to it and so does everyone else.” “But don’t you think that’s a little too...much?” Sunset has noticed the many additions set up at Equestria Land during the decorating. “I wouldn’t agree with you, it’s mostly a collision of non-stop horror, but in a fun and semi-realistic way.” “Seems over the top to me.” Sunset sighed, while being a little annoyed. “It’s not over the top Fluttershy, if you can’t fit in then why can’t you see the bigger picture of this holiday?” “Because horror is far more glorified than anything!” Fluttershy slowly raised her voice while quickly feeling regretful. “I may not like horror, unlike you, but...it’s impossible to make it feel truly believable.” Even being slightly taken aback from the light outburst, it’s also the unshakeable truth. It’s far too difficult for Fluttershy to wear a horrifying costume to stand out like everyone else. Sunset had little time to invite her friend, who had to make her decision, so she only had one offer for her. “How about you be a vampire like what I’m wearing tonight?” She responded. “You can follow my lead, while I show you how to contribute to the party tonight.” Fluttershy never enjoyed vampires during the movie marathon, but with the other options not really appealing to her, she can’t even decide on which costume truly suits her. “You sure everyone would be fine with it?” “Only during this holiday.” With only a few hours until the party at Equestria Land started, there’s one other way to join back in at the last minute. Fluttershy can only hope if everything would work out for her, especially with her friends. After Sunset went to her place to get into her costume along with Celestia and Luna picking her up, Fluttershy headed to Equestria Land in her own car. With the sun setting over the hills, nearly all the people with the invitations have arrived at Equestria Land in their costumes. As Fluttershy drove into the parking lot, she checked the theme park itself. In the entrance, it was decorated with spider webs, pumpkins carved in scary faces, and skeletons and witches displayed by the ticket stands. She then parked her car and got out, upon receiving a text from Vignette that she’ll be responsible for the make up. When Fluttershy entered the park, everything around her was filled with horror themed activities. She knows how much her friends are great at setting up parties, especially the times she helped. However, compared to this party, it won’t be the same as before, and this commitment is only a way to impress her friends. “Fluttershy!” Rainbow Dash called with her costume on. “Really great you’re not staying at home tonight.” “Who are you supposed to be?” Fluttershy asked, taking notice of Rainbow’s hair dyed blue and pink with a smiley face hammer. “I’m one of the characters from the two thousand sixteen movie.” Rainbow showing off her outfit. “Trust me, being like this instead of a marine is way better.” “And it looks like you're really enjoying this.” “Who doesn’t!?...well, I wouldn’t say you but…” “Rainbow Dash.” Twilight called to the athletic girl, with her lab coat on. “Can you help us hide prices in the witch's pot?” Upon hearing Twilight, Rainbow immediately rushed to help her, leaving Fluttershy alone. “I’m not into the horror spirit, I presume?” She guessed. “Hey Fluttershy.” Applejack walked up to her in her dirty farm outfit. “Are you sure you're gonna enjoy yourself?” “I wish I would, but Sunset’s helping me. I don’t feel like being a vampire would make me fit in.” “It’s not that hard.” Applejack signed. “I’ve seen so many people here fitting in just as fine with their outfits.” She wanted to believe the country girl for being honest, but unfortunately, seeing two girls in vampire outfits doesn't feel natural with everyone all wearing different outfits. “I’m starting to be convinced this party isn’t excited to see me. And it’s not the people themselves.” Without continuing the subject, Fluttershy made her way to where Vignette was waiting. “Just keep an open mind, that’s what we want from you!” The country girl called. Fluttershy saw Vignette preparing with her princess outfit on. Even if she’s not in a horror costume, she wasn’t doing the movie marathon like Sunset and the others were. “Just keep an open mind, just keep an open mind.” She said in her mind. When she walked up from behind Vignette, it didn’t take long for the social media celebrity to turn around. “Oh Fluttershy.” She smiled while putting her phone away. “You're earlier than I was expecting.” “Nothing here is special for me.” Fluttershy responded. “Do you have everything Sunset told you about?” “All in here.” Vignette lifted her black suitcase filled with vampire equipment. “Don't worry, you'll be even better than what she’s wearing.” This only caused the shy girl to roll her eyes. “How would I be better than my best friend? She’s been wearing that outfit since the month started.” “Oh please, everytime I see Rarity wearing an outfit, she always outdone herself. You can do the same with her.” “But what about the Skull Cruncher outfit you gave me? That’s a horror outfit.” “It was only for the Starswirl Festival, you know you only rented the outfit, because you couldn’t afford it. Besides, the band isn’t available during this season.” Fluttershy took a deep breath while dealing with her condition. “Vignette, do you think I’ll be scary as a vampire?” Vignette didn’t think Fluttershy would ask a question about something she wasn’t into. As a matter of fact, she noticed that some people in the party are a lot more horrific with the effort they put in their costumes. When she looked closely at Fluttershy, she never imagined herself as a vampire, let alone being something else. “Am I?” She asked again. “No, you're not.” While being honest, she grabbed Fluttershy’s hand. “But if there’s one thing I know, you're still qualified.” “Wait, are we supposed to wait until Rarity helps out?” “I can be a good fashion designer just like her.” She takes her to the changing room while giving Fluttershy a total vampiric makeover. After a half hour had passed, Pinkie Pie had just finished filling the pumpkins up with candy, Rarity double checked the whole park with the activities set up, and Twilight tested out the fog machines. “I got a text from Sunset and she and the principals are on their way.” Twilight called. “Is Fluttershy changing right now?” “She must be, I saw her with Vignette heading into the changing room.” Pinkie added. “Without Rarity?” Applejack blinked. “I thought she was going to help with the make up.” “She’s still checking the theme park.” Twilight turned to the country girl. “Can we just give her a break?” Rainbow placing her hand on her hip. “Fluttershy’s not the best since she never wore a horror costume, after all the movies we watched.” “But imagine her as a blood drinking vampire, she would’ve made the other vampires from the films look very embarrassed.” Pinkie commented. “What do you want her to be? A zombie like you? She’s not addicted to sweets like you.” “I’m not addicted!” Pinkie shouted at Rainbow. “Sweets make me feel so joyful and full of adrenaline!” Her friends would rather keep it to themselves rather than infuriate the party animal. “Relax darlings.” Rarity walked up to her friends while wearing her superhero costume. “The party is going to start in twenty minutes.” “So what are we gonna start with?” Applejack wondered. “How about we have Twilight start with the mad scientist schtick where she puts a guy in a frankenstein costume?” Pinkie offered. “After all, we watched her movie pick last, she should be the one starting the horror thrill first.” “Yeah, I was really becoming impatient by the time we reached the second week of the month.” Twilight takes her friends to where she along with her classmates to a tent with an open hole on the top. “You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to make this feel like the movie we watched.” “You mean the scene that took place upstairs?” Applejack asked. “Hey if we can’t turn Equestria Land into an actual horror environment, then we have to work with what we have.” “Then again, it’s hard to make movies a reality. This theme park isn’t as big as we remembered.” Rarity commented. “Do you wanna check inside?” “How about we wait until the party starts?” Rarity grabbed Twilight’s arm before she headed inside the tent. “That way we can save our excitement.” “Yeah, since you're the only one using a tent here.” Rainbow added. “Why can’t you just let me show you my creative imagination come to life!?” Twilight reacted. “It will, just not be before the party starts.” Pinkie backing away. As the Rainbooms head to their spots in the party, a black and purple spark of magic flies over the theme park. Compared to other magical situations in the past, the spark was much more powerful than before. “I’m just saying Twilight, we’re just watching movies that don’t exist, nor could exist in real life.” Rarity commented. “It’s not like the movies came to life by themselves.” Applejack added. “But what do you expect that we’re celebrating a month involving-” “Horror movies!” Twilight’s friends cutting her off. “If zombies came to life, we would run for our lives, we would be miles away from civilization by now.” Rainbow added. The dark spark was heading towards the Rainbooms, just when they’re about to split up. “Okay fine, I’ll admit movies will always be fictional, but come on, you’re all being bummed out instead of being thrilled.” “We’re saving it.” Pinkie called back. “It’s called savoring the moment!” The spark continued to get bigger and bigger, taking notice from Twilight. “Hey is that supposed to be there?” She pointed at the sky as her friends did the same. “No?” Rarity looking closely. “Here we go again.” Rainbow rolled her eyes. “Why do I get the feeling that we always end up in this situation, and it will never leave us alone?” Pinkie wondered. “I don’t know, but like before we’re gonna find out.” Applejack signed. The magic has gotten bigger and bigger to where it becomes more powerful by the second. Twilight took out her phone to give Sunset a text message on what's going on at the moment. “I would feel shocked by this, but when are we ever going to find where all of this magic is coming from?” She said to herself as the spark lights up from above them.