//------------------------------// // Surge Of Nightmares // Story: Nightmare Night At Equestria Horror Land // by Lonely Fanboy48 //------------------------------// With Sunset and her principal out in the open, Applejack kept her eye on them. “Don’t even fool with me if you think I’m gonna let you go.” “Applejack, we’re not doing anything.” Sunset prevents herself away from the country girl. “And please tell me that the axe is fake.” “Do you seriously think any of this is fake?” Celestia signed. “I wish for something at least.” “Don’t tempt me.” Applejack said curtly, preparing to put her foot down. “I’ve had experience with surviving against many zombies in the past. You wouldn’t believe how deadly it is.” “Oh great, now I get what your character is based on your costume.” Sunset commented. Just when things couldn’t get any worse, they heard three more people walking up to them from behind. “And now I can tell where this is going.” Celestia looking up at the sky. “Well that wasn’t hard.” Twilight making a devious laugh. With Sunset and Celestia surrounded, they can’t be able to hide anymore, nor take advantage of their plan. “We’re not playing by your rules.” Sunset said, trying to act confident. “And if you're gonna bother to do anything, it wouldn’t do any favors for yourself.” This didn’t make her friends upset whatsoever, in fact with how the magic is taking total control, they have the upper hand. “Any favors huh?” Fluttershy spoked. “Even if there’s a chance for you two to head out of here, we will track you down whenever we get the chance.” “And considering you're not like us, you don’t know what it’s like to be us.” Twilight looking at her creation who made a groan. Even with a slight chance of a back up plan, they’re outnumbered against anyone here. Even fighting back won’t make a difference with how powerful they are. Celestia can only pray if her sister can manage to do something before it’s too late. “Okay.” Celestia trying to make a stand for herself. “Even if we’re like all of you, we wouldn’t allow anyone in our property because we’re afraid that they're gonna attack us.” This caused Applejack to walk up to her principal while preparing to swing her axe. “Don’t you understand that YOU’RE the outsiders trespassing on OUR property?” “We’re not attacking you!” Celestria turned around, only in self defence due to Applejack preparing to use her axe. “We had to go through the forcefield to see what was happening here.” “And you expect us to find any good side of you?” “We would rather turn you into us instead of allowing you two to stay the way you are.” Fluttershy slowly walking up to Sunset. “And besides, it would be interesting to have a vampire relative by my side.” She placed her hand on Sunset’s shoulder while smelling the scent. The scent of the perfume she put on to make herself truly a vampire even if it's just a costume. Just when things couldn’t get any more disturbing for Sunset, she heard a hiss find her friend, only to realize she’s about to bite her neck. “Let go of me!” She pushed Fluttershy away from her. “If you think I’m really a vampire, then you're wrong!” She took off her wig while her hair was coming out. Everyone aside from Celestia were shocked to see Sunset completely immune to any monstrous side effects. However it was a huge mistake on Sunset’s part. “You’re a fraud!” Twilight pointed while her frankenstein became angry. “You couldn’t even bother to stay in uniform like the rest of us don’t you?” Fluttershy becoming inpatient after being denied. “You just put yourself into a huge spiral of trouble.” She flew off the ground while making a siren trill. Nearly everyone in the park immediately headed to Fluttershy’s trill, while Sunset backed away from the angry mob.  “Okay, let me rephrase what I just said.” Sunset looking at Fluttershy’s army. “Do you think anyones gonna care?” Celestia having no part of this. “Besides, doing this is much more fun…” Rainbow smirked while using her hammer. “Probably should’ve kept my wig on.” Sunset said, acting nervous as she made a run for it. With the angry mob chasing the imposter, Fluttershy walked up to Celestia, making sure she didn't escape. “And to make sure you don’t do anything suspicious, you're coming with me.” Sunset ran past most of the invited guests, who also took notice that she’s an outsider. The angry mob split up in order to catch her easier. Sunset heads through the mirror maze but she knows that she can't hide forever, knowing she’s on the run. “I wish I would’ve only watched the marathon and left it at that. This is beyond psychotic!” As she slowly navigated through the maze, she saw Pinkie coming through from the other exit. “I...want...more...CANDY!!!” She screamed as she bumped into Sunset. Sunset hit her head on the mirror, as she got onto the ground. “Pinkie.” Sunset trying to talk sense with her friend. “I’m not gonna hurt you, but will you please let me go?” Unfortunately for her, her best friend only thinks about sweets due to her zombie nature. She grabbed onto Sunset’s outfit while looking straight in the eye. She only breathed into her nose, demanding sweets even if Sunset had nothing in her possession. “Forcing me to smell your breath doesn’t change your ways. And your breath is horrible!” She pushed Pinkie up against the mirror as she headed to the exit with more horror people coming after her. Even just by seeing the reflection, they were more terrifying the more they continued to chase after the imposter. As Sunset ran out of the mirror maze, she ran through the steam in the alley way of the theme park. Luckily for her, she managed to get to the other side of the angry mob heading in the other direction. She ran towards the bumper cars section with skeletons driving them. “Hey, stay out of the field you vampire wannabe!” One of the skeletons raised their fist up. “Skeletons aren’t welcome to be in bumper cars!” Sunset shouted back before she continued to run away. Luna made it to her destination where most of the other guests came. The Devil's Apple. It was originally a karaoke party tent for people to sing horror songs inside. After checking through most of the tents after going on her own, Luna heads inside. “There has to be someone in here to give me answers of the Tantabus’s source.” She spoke while witnessing cooking pots with bubbles coming out. She refuses to believe anyone here would eat each other but on the other hand, the park would get worse without any notice. She noticed Rarity in her superhero costume, but she’s hanging above one of the boiling pots, soon to be dumped into it. Luna can tell that Rarity could be the only survivor from the situation but she can tell she could be delusional. “Rarity?” Luna called. “WHAT!?” Rarity yelled after opening her eyes. “You're never going to stop me, I’m not a woman in a costume, I’m a superhero!” This only caused Luna to facepalm. “At least she isn’t demented.” “You…” She then heard a voice to her right. It was the same surge from outside, blocking anyone from leaving but it was shaped as a tall alicorn. “I can help you.” Luna felt disturbed from the devious voice but she knows the surge is her ticket resolving the horror crisis. “You can?” “Yes…” The surge spoked. “You seemed like the odd one out of everyone here, right?” This made Luna nod, noticing her Dark Princess outfit fools even most of the intelligent people. “Then I can help you.” “Please, does it involve turning everyone back to normal? As well leaving this park?” “Yes, but you must do me a favor.” With the surge’s eyes lid up, she looked down at Luna. “Take me to Equestria.” Upon hearing the location, the vice principal felt unsure. “If you really want to go to Equestria then why are you here?” “I was trying to escape after Princess Luna reformed herself from Nightmare Moon” With the words Princess Luna, Luna is shocked to think her own counterpart was the cause of this. And to make matters worse, she isn’t like her counterpart in terms of abilities. “And ever since then. I’ve been trapped inside her for so long, escaping was a lot harder than you think.” “Hey, if she has an example of trapping you, you need a better reason for why you’ve escaped.” Luna defended herself. “I’ve never been to Equestria and I don’t know how it functions.” “You don’t say?” The surge tilted her head. “It’s not that hard the more you know about it. If you help me, I’ll tell you everything about it.” “No I’m not gonna take that risk, are there any alternatives?” The surge itself shook her head, not to mention it wasn’t phased from receiving Luna’s answer. “I don’t think you have a choice. There’s no other world for me to stay in, which is why I came to this parallel world. And by the looks of it, you are my only option.” Luna wanted to get out of character in her costume but if she does, she could end up like Sunset. “Hey, there is more to being the Dark Princess you know? I don’t have dark powers to help you and even if I did, I would use them for myself.” She took a deep breath while making a stand for herself. “Everyone here is out of control and I’m not leaving until you reverse everything.” Unfortunately, the surge’s eyes continue to get brighter by the second. “I don't take no as an answer.” “Who’s gonna make me?” Just when she backed away, the demented guests blocked her from leaving. “You, and I know how.” The surge’s horn lid up, preparing to take matters into its hooves the hard way.