Hey everyone, sorry for the delay on chapters, been a bit busy with school, but without further a due... lets get started!

As I walked home I felt the feeling of being watched slowly increase. I tried my best to ignore it but a ringing in my ears began getting louder and louder. Soon I could start hearing faint screams getting louder that seemed to echo through my thoughts. I just kept walking. The sound began to reach a point where it became unbearable.... until a figure stepped forward from nowhere...

I looked to my left and standing there on the path with me was Fluttershy. I looked forward and the figure was gone. I was standing in front of my house door. I turned back to Fluttershy and put on a semi-convincing smile.

"W-Well... I saw y-you just standing here, I-I thought you would open it. But y-you j-just stood there for a f-few m-minutes s-staring..." She looked pretty scared.

"Sorry Shy, I didn't mean to scare you... I... I just had a few things on my mind..." Somewhere in my thoughts I hear a VERY faint chuckle.

Fluttershy looked back to me and gave a slow nod. We slowly broke the hug and I made my way to the door.

"I could pick her up CJ, maybe we can also do something around Ponyville, maybe with her friends if they want to as well."

I made my way to my room to get ready when I saw a note. I picked it up and read it.

I have sent this letter to inform you that today has been very slow. We have gotten very little business today so you can have the day off. Have fun!

P.S. I heard you have adopted Scootaloo, I hope she can have a nice childhood now, you have no idea how much you must mean to her. Tell her I said Hi!

I decided to head to the library, maybe I could get a nice book. I finally arrived at the library and knocked. It was magically opened and I saw Twilight sitting down under.... piles of books...

"This is a public library you know... these books don't all belong to me..." She said to the visitor.

"Sorry but it sure seems like they do..." I said looking at all the books she has around her and is reading at the same time.

She looks up to me and gives a small blush. She levitates all of them up except for a few and puts them on the shelf. She turns back to me and blushes even more.

She thought for a moment and they levitated me a book while.... blushing deeper....

"I think you may need that... after all you came from a different world... they may have had different holidays as well. Plus nightmare night is coming up in about a week."

'Nightmare night?' I thought as I opened the book and stopped at the right holiday.

I scanned it over and found it is almost identical to Halloween. Only thing is they are scared of Nightmare moon, not of undead spirits and whatnot.

"A week huh? Hm... that gives me an idea... but on a side note, do you have anything else you think I may be interested in? Like as 'Fun' reading material?"

She thought for another moment and handed me a different book. I looked this one over before laughing a bit to my self, luckily she didn't notice. It was one of the Daring Doo books. Called 'Daring Doo V.S. the Shadow Archers' I flipped the book upside down and read a bit of the back cover.

Join Daring Doo as she fights some of Equestria's most talented and dangerous enemies. Join her ans she fights shadow enemies that seem near invincible... all is well until she takes an arrow to the...

I made it outside with the two books and began walking back home. On my way there I pull out my I-Pod and hit shuffle. After listening to music for about 10 minutes I made it to my house. I opened the door and sat down in the living room couch. I placed the holiday stoofs book on a end table. I relaxed myself and opened the Daring Doo book. Before I could get five words in I felt something cold strike the back of my neck sending the hairs straight up. I turned and saw nothing. I relaxed a bit more and tried to start more reading. This time I felt it again but it was a bit colder. I looked again... nothing. I turned back around and infront of the couch... standing straight up was.... me? It stared back at me with an evil grin before I saw it flicker once into shadow then back to normal. It was him again...

"How nice to meet you again... this time however... I am a lot stronger... and I brought a friend along..."

Another figure forms next to the first and takes the shape of a half man half horse being holding a blade staff...

"I'm glad you kept my spot for me... I am here to take it back... we can do this the hard way... or the painfully hard way. Either way is enjoyable by me... Don't you think Hecarim?" Said Zane.

So? What did you all think? Let me know in the comments! ___---IMPORTANT---___ From now on... until said otherwise... CJ's thoughts are still shown as Italics with ' on the ends, Zanes speaking is represented as italics with " at the ends, and Hecarim is represented with Italic bold text with " on the ends. Example below!

A Shadow’s Grave

by Pinkies Imagination

A nightmare is coming