//------------------------------// // 7. Halloween Show // Story: Equestria Ninja Halloween // by Jebens1 //------------------------------// At CHS, the Allies, Wondercolts, Shadowbolts, Spy Racers, CMC, and Young Ninjas stood on the soccer field, watching as the police led the Purple Nightmares into a police van. Night Terror glared at the groups, "Why couldn't you meddling ninjas just mind your own business?!" He growled. "Perhaps if you want to keep an illegal counterfeiting operation a secret, you shouldn't drop one of your marked coins where someone can find it," Sugarcoat noted, while Vinyl held up the coin she'd found and flipped it over to the Purple Nightmare leader, blinking him in the head. As for Bonesteel, the tranquilizer had worn off and he was awake and currently the last one being led into the police van by two officers. "I'll be back!" He vowed, struggling against the officers restraining him. "You ain't heard the last of Bonesteel! I'll bag them turtles one way or a-" he was silenced by Karai stuffing one of Pinkie's cupcakes in his mouth. "You talk too much," she said, as the police threw the hunter into the van and drove off. Mitch was riding with the officers and spoke, "So, you guys got any tacos?" As soon as they had gone, Pinkie called, "Clear!" Then the Turtles came out from behind the bleachers. "Good riddance to that Bonehead!" Raph remarked. Leo turned to all the groups, "Great work, everyone." "So, how did you guys find out the Purple Nightmare were counterfeiting coins?" Donnie asked the Wondercolts and Shadowbolts. "Well, we have Vinyl to thank for that," Octavia motioned to the DJ who smiled and shrugged. "But maybe you guys can tell us how you ended up with those vampires?" Sour inquired. "That's a long story," Twilight rubbed the back of her neck. "But what I'd like to know is how all of y'all turned up at the cave at once?" Applejack asked all the groups. "And how Fugitoid got his arms cut off three times?" Sunset added. "That's also a long story," April answered. "Quite so," Fugitoid nodded. “And you were wondering why I asked you about that Speed Demon car, weren’t you, Casey?” Gabby asked. “Oh yeah I kinda forgot about that,” Casey admitted. “And all we were doing was going to get ice cream,” Frostee said. “Which we never got,” Sweetie Belle huffed. Pinkie popped up, "Looks like we all gots some explaining to do..." And so each of the groups took turns explaining the adventures they each experienced last night, while Chaplin and Donnie reattached Fugitoid's arms. Needless to say, everyone was shocked by each story. Especially the Turtles after learning about Mitsu. "Master Splinter had a sister?!" Raph asked in surprise. "We had an aunt?!" Mikey exclaimed. "And she wanted to use this Sword of Yurikawa to destroy me and take over the clan?" Leo asked. "Yes, she did," Karai answered sadly. "Well, given the way she was, it makes sense why Master Splinter never told us about her," Sunset figured. “Even so, I’m sorry about what happened to her,” Leo sighed. “So was I," Karai said. Donnie then turned to the Spy Racers, “And Speed Demon was alive?” “Yeah! And he was just as creepy as you guys told us,” Sonata shuddered. “And he started by taking over Mitch before we learned who it was,” Tony spoke up. “And he possessed Layla then Cisco?” Mikey asked. “Creepy!” “Yeah,” Cisco gulped. “It wasn’t pleasant.” “Think I’m gonna have nightmares for months,” Layla breathed. “Trust me. I know the feeling,” Donnie coaxed. "But don't worry," Gabby assured. "Speed Demon's a smashed piece of scrap now." "Good to know," Casey said. "I can't believe you guys faced a car mutant without me!" Frostee pouted. "So how'd you guys discover The Purple Nightmares' counterfeit operation." Raph asked the Wondercolts and Shadowbolts. "Well, when Vinyl found the coin, we thought it could be the lost treasure of the infamous Poker Face," Flash recalled. "The legendary criminal?" Twilight guessed. "Yep," confirmed Sandalwood. "Then Vinyl showed us the place she found and it lead us to another cave." Trixie cleared her throat, "I overheard them along with Snips and Snails and decided to follow them. Of course, The tricky and sneaky Trixie couldn't resist and pulled off the prank of pretending to be Poker Face. Oh! The look on their faces!" As Trixie laughed, Sour and Sunny glared at her, still angry at her for scaring them. "Says the one who fearfully begged that Jung vampire guy not to drink her chicken blood," Sugarcoat broke in, then Dr Cluckingsworth squawked insulted. "No offense, doc." "Hmm!" Trixie pouted, while Mikey, Pinkie, Rainbow, Casey, Ace, Patch, Clover, Melody, Frostee, and Zach laughed. Keno chuckled, "Though I wish I could have seen Bulk bowl over those Nightmare jerks!" "Oh yeah!" Indigo smirked. "Those knuckle heads never saw it coming." Rarity turned to the Young Ninjas and CMC, "I can't believe that ruffian Bonesteel caught you all in traps!" "Or that he tried to sell Spike!" Twilight held her dog close. "Believe it," Spike frowned. "Yeah," Sweetie Belle added. "That was not fun," Apple Bloom grumbled. "Totally," Scootaloo finished. "And that jerk still owes me a new drone!" Frostee huffed, trying to fix the drone parts. "Don't knock it," Casey assured. "Even a couple of us got trapped by that jerk." "But at least you all worked together to free yourselves," Leo smiled. "But how'd you free Spike?" asked April. "That's just it," Patch shrugged. "Some shadowy thing grabbed Spike and ran away. It could have been the Night Walker." "Give it a rest, Patch," groaned Melody. "Well, it could've been!" "Well, whoever that was, it left me in the opening, making Bonesteel think it was a trap long enough for the others to catch him and free me," Spike remembered. "Then Mitch showed up and we thought he was the Night Walker," Lancer said. "But then Patch here totally kicked his butt!" Ace added. "Really?" Raph asked intrigued. "Totally," Patch nodded. "See for yourself," Sissy showed them all a recording of Patch taking down Mitch, thinking he was the Night Walker. Tony laughed at seeing Mitch getting his butt handed to him by a kid. "Can I get a copy of that video?" Echo asked with a smirk. “In a bit,” Sissy promised. “That was when Mikey and Pinkie showed up, then we encountered the zombies, and you know the rest,” Lancer finished. "Still can't believe those zombies were the good guys all along," Timber said. "Tell me about it," Carter agreed. "Especially after they tried to attack us," Logan shivered. "Well, maybe they only attacked us because Mitch tore that one zombie’s head off, thinking if was a costume," Clover noted. "Yep, that sounds like Mitch alright," Gabby deadpanned. "I guess it just goes to show that not everything is what it seems," Donnie figured. "Or that some people aren't what they seem," Leo added. "Like Vam Mi, Bing, Chi Chu, and Jung." "And Mitsu," Karai noted dismally. Applejack stood up, "You know what, we've all had a pretty rough night." "That's putting it lightly," Angel stated. "So, why don't we all get some rest after the night we just had," Applejack suggested. "But what about the Halloween show later today?" Lemon realized. Everyone groaned knowing she was right. Then Leo spoke up, "Okay. Let's take a couple hour's nap and then we'll practice." Everyone agreed before heading out as Pinkie spoke next, "I'll grab us all some lattes when it's practice time." "Make mine a triple," yawned Rainbow. Later that night, all of CHS had gathered at the soccer field for the Halloween show. Inside the gym, the Turtles, Rainbooms, Allies, Spy Racers, CMC, and Rock N Beats were getting ready. Some were doing stretches, others were warming up their vocals, and some were still putting on their costumes. The only ones who weren't getting ready or even taking place in the show at all, were Raph and Layla. Gabby spoke to the two, "You guys sure you don't wanna join in the show?" "After what we all faced last night, triple sure," Layla answered. "And the dance reminds me too much of that zombie nightmare I had the year before last year," Raph stated. "Well, if either of you change your minds, your more than welcome to join us," Fluttershy offered. "Whatever," the two replied. Then Sunset spoke, "Is everyone ready?" "Ah yeah!" Mikey replied. "You know it!" Indigo said. "I'm ready to get my groove on!" Frostee stated. "Yeah! Let's go bump in the night!" Cisco cheered. "Like raise the dead?" Everyone groaned at Sonata's line. "What?" "Just don't mention the dead please, Sonata," Sighed Adagio. "C'mon! We're burning Halloween time!" Mikey waved. "Then let's do this!" Sunset grinned. And with that, everyone headed out. But as she followed the others, Layla heard a creek and turned toward the equipment storage room to find the door open a crack. Curious, she went over and looked inside only to find nothing there but gym equipment. So she closed the door and hurried outside. But as soon as she had gone, the door opened back up and nine figures peeked out. Meanwhile, out on the soccer field, Fugitoid with his arms reattached spoke to the audience, "Welcome all to the CHS Halloween show preformed by our very own Rainbooms, Wondercolts, and Rock N Beats, with special guests: The Crystal Prep Shadowbolts and all the way from New York and LA, the Ninjas and Torreto crew!" Then he stepped away to reveal a crowd of shadowy figures standing in the field. After a moment of silence, spotlights shown, revealing them to be the Turtles, Allies, Rainbooms, Wondercolts, Shadowbolts, Dazzlings, CMC, Rock N Beats, and Spy Racers. Then Vinyl Scratch played music on her turn tables as the groups began to dance while the Rainbooms and Shadowbolts started singing. Then Carter danced forward and began to sing... Raph and Layla stood near the bleachers watching the performance. While neither one would admit it, they were actually starting to enjoy the show. Then Layla noticed something out of the corner of her eye. Nine figures hidden by the dark were hiding behind the bleachers. Then one of them raised their hand as if giving a signal and the figures quickly ran onto the field and blended into the dance. Then one of the figures danced out, revealing herself as a teenage werewolf girl, taking both the audience and all the groups by surprise as she started singing. Then the other figures danced out, revealing that they were other teenage monster girls and three teenage monster boys. The girls were a frankenstein, a vampire, a mummy, a zombie, and a sea monster. The boys were another werewolf, a gorgon, and a fire elemental. While surprised, the groups decided to just go with it as the monster teens were actually very good, especially the sea monster girl; she was an amazing dancer. Still watching, Layla started tapping her foot and Raph began patting his arm to the beat. Finally, they looked at each other. "Ah what the heck," Raph shrugged. Then he and Layla ran in and joined the dance. Vinyl tossed out a microphone and Raph caught it then spoke out, "Darkness falls across the land! The midnight hour is close at hand!" Pinkie let out a shriek. Then the CHS marching band walked onto the field playing their instruments. "Creatures crawl in search of blood! To terrorize y'alls neighborhood! And though you fight to stay alive, you're body starts to shiver! For no mere mortal can resist, the evil of the Thriller!" Everyone started striking poses until the fire elemental shot a flaming wave into the air. When the song ended, the audience cheered and roared with apluace. "You hear that? They like it!" Casey grinned. "Like it? They love it!" Rainbow smiled. "Great job, guys!" Leo complimented. "Great moves, guys," Sour told the Wondercolts. "Thanks for teaching us, Sour." Sandalwood thanked. "Yeah!" Bulk agreed. "Way to rock that solo, Carter!" Flash clapped hands. "Thanks, Flash. You were great too!" "Thanks for helping with our music, guys," Fluttershy smiled to the Young Ninjas. "Thanks for letting us play," Lancer thumbed up. Tony turned to Layla and Raph, "Nice of you two to join us." "I'll admit it, the music was good," Layla shrugged. "They say music is the best cure," Raph admitted. "Still, way to rock it," Keno high fived him and Layla. "By the way, wicked idea bringing in those extra dancers, Rainbooms," Lemon said. "I'll say," Flash agreed. "They sure brought extra flare to the show." "Wait, but we didn't bring in those extra dancers?" Twilight said in confusion. "We thought you did," Sunset pointed to the Shadowbolts. "No? We didn't?" Sour retorted. "We didn't invite them either," Echo spoke for the Spy Racers. "Or us," Sweetie Belle said on behalf of the CMC. "Vinyl, did you invite them?" Octavia asked her friend and Vinyl shook her head no. Everyone looked around, but there was no sign of the mysterious monster teens anywhere. "Just who were those girls?" Raph wondered. "Well, it's Halloween. Maybe they're trick or treaters," Applebloom figured. "I don't know, sugarcube?" Applejack pondered. "They're costumes looked pretty real to me." "As long as they weren't like those vampires from last night, they're fine," Trixie said. "But you gotta admit, I absolutely loved their outfits, particularly the mummy and the werewolf's attire," Rarity recalled. "Yeah those were styling!" Sweet Note agreed. "They seemed cool to me," Mikey shrugged. "Same here," April added. "And that sea monster girl's dancing was A-MA-Zing!" Clover exclaimed. "Whoever they were?" "I guess we may never know," Fluttershy sighed. "Hey, where'd Shini go?" Pinkie popped up. Everyone looked and sure enough, Shinigami had disappeared. The witch girl had made her way to the back-wooded area of the school and called out, "You ghouls can come out, it's only me!" Soon, one by one, each of the monster teens stepped out from behind the trees. "Thanks for inviting us to preform with you and your normie friends, Shini" the werewolf girl said. "No problem, Clawdeen," Shini smiled. "That show was fangtastic!" The vampire girl bounced in excitement. "You know it was, Draculuara," Clawdeen grinned. "It's nice to get out for a little fun, especially Halloween," The Mummy girl stretched. "Agreed, Cleo," the frankenstein girl agreed. "The one night no one questions who we are." "As long as we're careful, Frankie," Clawdeen reminded. "Those turtle guys you mentioned to us seem pretty cool," the sea monster gal said, in an Australian accent. "Yeah, Lagoona. They are cool, especially Mikey," Shini sighed. "Ooo! taking a liking to him, I see," Draguluara grinned. "He makes me laugh," Shini tried to hide her blush. "I could make you laugh too, Shini," The fire elemental flirted. "Still not interested, Heath," Shini rebuffed. "Aww!" Heath pounted. The werewolf boy patted his shoulders, "Sorry man." "And you, Heath, and Deuce did great too, Clawd," Shini said. "Thanks, Shini," the gorgon Deuce gave a double thumbs up. The zombie girl moaned getting every one’s attention. “Don’t worry. I haven’t forgotten about you, Ghoulia,” Shini assured. “You did good too.” Ghoulia moaned happily at Shini’s compliment. "And I'm glad you all could make it in time," Shini said. "Though I'm curious as to why it took you this long to arrive here." "Well, the Mapolog did bring us to Canterlot," Draculuara began. In a flashback, the Ghouls and Mansters stood outside Monster High, all holding onto a skull-shaped device and teleported away. Then they reappeared in the same fog filled woods that the Turtles, Rainbooms, Allies, Wondercolts and Shadowbolts, and the kids had all gotten lost in. "Just not at Canterlot High," Clawdeen added dryly. "And we all got totally lost in that fog," Deuce said. "Ghoulia and I couldn't even use our GPS because of the fog," Frankie explained and Ghoulia moaned in agreement. "Not to mention it was causing horrors to my hair!" Cleo noted. "And not the good kind!" "After wandering for what seems like forever, we found this lady and her two children who were kind enough to invite us in their home." Clawdeen continued. "When suddenly, I immediately remembered her as Vam Mi, the imfamous Jiangshi, a chi sucking vampire!" Draculuara shivered. "Yeah. We got acquainted." Shini deadpanned. "When Draculuara warned us, those Jiangshi tried to get us!" Heath exclaimed. "And man were they mean!" "So we got out of there as fast as we could!" Deuce explained. "Unfortunately, in all the confusion, we got separated from each other," Cleo sighed. "Would that be before or after we past that group of people?" Frankie asked, while Ghoulia groaned a 'I don't know'. While escaping from the vampires, the Ghouls were unaware they had past the Turtles and Rainbooms earlier, showing that they were the figures running past them in the fog. "We did eventually managed to find each other again," Draculuara put in. "But then we noticed that Clawd was still missing!" The Ghouls, Deuce, and Heath looked around, seeing no sign of the werewolf boy, much to Draculuara's worry. "So we began searching for my brother," Clawdeen said. Clawd meanwhile was roaming around in the fog. "Yeah, I got real turned around in that fog," Clawd stated. "Then I heard some screams and followed them until I saw a bunch of kids and a little purple dog caught in these traps by this crazy hunter guy." "That would Bonesteel," Shini revealed. "And crazy does not begin to describe that akuma!" Clawd hid behind a large rock and watched Bonesteel pick up Spike trapped in the net, bragging about selling him. "I knew I had to do something, but what? Then I had an idea!" Clawd explained. "I started whistling to distract that hunter and when he wasn't looking, I made my move and snatched the little dog out of his clutches. Unfortunately, one of the kids saw me and thought I was something called the Night Walker, and gave me away." Clawd quickly slung Spike over his shoulder and ran with Bonesteel chasing after him. "So I was forced to run away with that hunter chasing me, luckily I managed to lose him in the fog. I didn’t want to speak to scare the dog, even if I meant him no harm. I also knew that Hunter was right behind me, so I decided to bait him. I left the dog in the open and hid to ambush that guy, even if he was on to my plan. But the kids beat me to it. They’re good. I’ll give them that.” “Might have something to do with the training we gave them,” Shini admitted. Clawd watched the Young Ninjas catch and knock out Bonesteel and was left speechless. Then he felt a hand on his shoulder and jumped, whipping around only to find the other Ghouls. “By then, we managed to catch up to Clawd,” Clawdeen smiled. “Then we hurried away to our escape.” “That’s when we finally reached Canterlot High,” Heath added. The Monsters used the Mapolog and teleported away from the forest and reappeared on the CHS soccer field. "Just in time to learn the dance for the show," Cleo finished. The Ghouls and Mansters hid behind the bleachers, watching the Turtles, Rainbooms, Allies, Wondercolts, Shadowbolts, Spy Racers, CMC, and Rock N Beats practice the routine for the Halloween show, learning the dance moves while also practicing they're own routine as the flashback ended. “Boy. And I thought our evening was frightfully eventful,” Shini smiled. “But at least it didn’t spoil our fun tonight,” Clawdeen smiled. “Yeah! That was probably the most fun I’ve had outside of Monster Highs events,” Deuce agreed. "And Lagoona, I'm glad you finally worked up the courage to dance in front of an audience again," Shini praised the sea monster girl. "Yeah, Lagoona," Frankie added. "You were amazing." "Yay, Lagoona!" Draculuara cheered. "Once a great dancer, always a great dancer," Clawd praised. "And you didn't freeze up this time," Cleo put in. Ghoulia moaned in approval. "Right on," Deuce thumbed up. "Looks like you finally conquered your stage fright," Clawdeen said proudly. However, when they all looked back at Lagoona, the sea monster girl was standing still as a statue in an awkward pose with a wincing expression on her face. "Or not," Clawdeen deadpanned. Heath pointed and laughed, until Shini punched him in the side, "Ow!" "As my friend Fluttershy would say, baby steps," the witch girl said. “Well, I guess it’s time we headed back. Curfews and all,” Draculuara sighed. “I understand,” Shini nodded. “Maybe next time, I can introduce you to my friends here and New York.” “That’ll be great!” Clawdeen smiled before shaking her hand. “It was great to see you again, Shinigami.” “It was great seeing you all too, Clawdeen,” Shini shook her hand. “Bye, Shini,” Frankie hugged her. Next to hug her was Cleo, “Good to see you again, Shini.” “See you, Shini,” Clawd locked hands with her. “Hope to see you soon,” Heath clicked his tongue, making Shini roll her eyes. “Bye, Shini,” Deuce shoked her hand. Ghoulia hugged her next while moaning a ‘bye bye’. “Farewell, Shinigami,” Draculuara hugged her. “Goodbye, everyone,” Shini smiled and she turned to Lagoona who was still frozen in place while Heath helped move her and patted her head. “Goodbye, Lagoona. Keep working on that.” Soon the Ghouls and Mansters gathered together as Draculuara took out the Mapolog and spoke, "Monster High, Exto Monstrom!" Then they all vanished in a pink flash. Smiling to herself, Shinigami turned on her heel walked back towards CHS. Maybe one day, she would introduce her new friends to her old ones. Meanwhile, back at the cave, Vam Mi's ashes still layed on the ground outside. Then a shadow fell over the ashes. The shadow waved a hand and Vam Mi's ashes magically swirled up and into a urn. Then Bing and Chi Chu's ashes were swept up into the urn as well. Holding the urn was a tall Japanese woman in a dark robe. Her face was hidden behind a white fox mask with red markings. "You and your children may be of some use to me, Vam Mi," the woman said darkly, before she clasped a lid over the urn.