Rainbow Dash's Awesome Nightmare Night Haunted House Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Adventure

by TheDriderPony


You Have Nothing to Fear...

You dodge to the side, barely in the nick of time to avoid getting hit by two tons of fur, fang, and claw. You scramble back as you try to put as much distance as you can between you and the beast. It turns quickly, looking none worse the wear for having hit the wall headfirst, and lunges again.

Again you nimbly dodge as the werewolf goes sailing past to crash into a sofa. Dodging alone isn't going to solve anything. You need a plan. Or at the very least an idea. 'Cause currently you've got nothing.

Fight it? Impossible. Karate moves won't do a thing against razor sharp claws and you don't have room to try anything too acrobatic. Your best chance is going to be using a tool, but what?

You dodge again, down this time as the werewolf makes a high jump. It's learning, getting wise to your tactics. You can only dodge so many times until it figures out how to corner you and then no more Rainbow Dash.

You reach into your bag to grab whatever comes to hoof first and throw it!

You can only watch in dismay as a trio of chocolate coins go flying through the air. Well, that was a waste. Maybe if you dig deeper you'll find something actually useful like—

Your get cut off by a sudden yowling. It's the werewolf. Rather than bounce off its muzzle like expected, the coins seem to have passed through it, leaving behind three perfectly circular tunnels through its body. Like someone poking a straw through an apple. Golden light escapes the wounds, turning wispy and leaving behind a trail of dust as she moves.

It's weird, but you're not one to look a gift wolf in the mouth. You reach into your bag and grab some more chocolate coins. Whatever works, works.

"You like that?" you taunt. "Well have some more!"

The coins go sailing through the air like enchanted arrows, quickly turning the werewolf into were-swiss-cheese. It yowls again in agony as more golden light begins to escape. The holes start to widen, smaller ones connecting together until the entire beast is nothing but a beacon of light so bright it forces you to cover your eyes and look away. You fold your ears back as well as a high-pitched whine fills the room.

The noise stops for a moment—just long enough for one quiet 'arf?' to slip through—before the figure detonates in an explosion of sparkles. When the light clears and you can safely look back, the werewolf is gone. In its place is a small, wispy figure that looks an awful lot like the pony you saw before the transformation. Except she has no back legs.

She rubs the back of her head as she gives you an embarrassed look. "Well, uhhh... that was a pretty nasty curse, huh? So thanks for breaking it and junk. Sorry about trying to... you know. Here." She reaches up and removes something from her neck before tossing it to you. "Take this. It might help you on your way."

You catch her gift as she begins to fade away. It's a small golden Locket on a chain. "Laters," the spirit says as she fades away entirely, leaving you alone in the destroyed room.

You stand for a moment in silent contemplation—

"Alright. Works for me!"

—before exiting triumphantly. Any landing you can walk away from is a victory.