//------------------------------// // Holiday Planning // Story: A Shadow’s Grave // by Pinkies Imagination //------------------------------// Hey guys! How's it goin! I hope you all enjoy the latest chapter today! And love the new.... twist... *Evil grin* Anyway... no more waiting... ENJOY! Chapter 33: Holiday Planning "Poke...... get up...... poke...... get up...... poke...... WAKE UP!" Yelled Scoots. "MrrmphrrraaAAAAHHHHG!" I yelled out as I flew up from my sleep and tumbled to the ground. I shook my head and slowly got up to see a laughing Scoots. I shook my head a bit. "Tsk tsk tsk... that wasn't nice... now I have to punish you..." I said sadly. Her laughing stopped. "W-What...?" She stuttered. I lunged forward and grabbed her. I pushed her onto the bed and began blowing into her stomach. "Wha HAHAHAHA! S-St-HAHA-Stop! T-This isn't F-HAHA-F-Fair!" She shouted through her giggling. I stopped and got of the bed. After her giggling calmed down she looked up to me. "I have to learn to expect that..." She said with mock enthusiasm. I rolled my eyes and went towards the bathroom with some clothes in hand. "Scoots... I'm gonna grab a shower, you head down stairs and wait for me, then I'll make us some breakfast." I heard Scoots shout back in compliance. ******************* After a short shower I pulled my clothes on and went down stairs and to the kitchen. I walked in and cracked two eggs. I placed two slices of bread in the toaster. 'Oh ya... I didn't know they had toasters... must have slipped my mind...' I thought to myself. After a few moments of cooking I heard some hoof steps. I looked over to my right and saw Scoots walking in. "Hey Scoots, after breakfast want me to walk you to school?" I asked. "No... I don't..." She said. I raised an eyebrow. "Why not?" She smiled a bit and gave a small snicker. "We don't go to school on the weekends." 'Facepalm' "Heheh... yea... forgot today's Saturday... hmm.... what do you want to do then?" I asked as I scooped up the over easy eggs and placed them on pieces of toast. "Hmm... well... maybe we should go and pick out some costumes!" She said as I placed her plate containing egg on toast in front of her. "Costumes? For what?" I asked sitting across from Scoots at the table. "Costumes for nightmare night! It's only two days away!" She said a bit louder than she probably meant. "Two days huh? Well I guess your right then..." I said taking a bite of my food. "I wonder what I'll be... maybe an alien from a different planet!" I said to Scoots. Scoots did nothing but facehoof. "Oh... ya... right... heheh.... Well, I don't think there are any costumes for something like me... so I don't really need one, But what would you want?" I asked changing the subject. Scoots tapped her chin a few times before jumping in the air. "A Shadow Bolt!" She said loudly. "A.... Shadow.... Bolt?" I asked, sounding familiar. "A Shadow Bolt, Rainbow Dash dressed up as one last year! They're like... the evil Wonderbolts!" I smiled and stood up. I walked over to her and stroked her mane once before picking up her plate. "Shadow Bolt it is!" I say cheerfully. **************** After grabbing some bits (Five gold bits... what? Always be prepared...) we left the house and made our way to ponyville. I followed Scoots for a while... as she was guiding me to the costume store. When we got there I looked it up and down. It looked like the opposite of Sugarcube corner. The place was midnight blue and had a few fake bats hanging here and there. Along with fake ghosts. The sign read 'Ghouls Emporium' as we walked through the door. There were rows upon rows of costumes. But nothing grabbed my attention as much as the two figures standing on a small stage... "... So we welcome both Spitfire and Ja-" He was cut off when the second figure whispered in his ear. "Alright then... We welcome Spitfire and Ja... I mean... Daring Doo to ponyville for the upcoming Nightmare night and for the book and costume signings!" The announcer said aloud. The announcer got off the stage while Spitfire and Daring Doo got off the other side. As the announcer walked by me I heard him mumble under his breath. "Made me look like a fool... Why cant she just use her real name...." I shook my head and looked down to the filly next to my feet. Scoots was frozen in place. Not even blinking. "Uh... Scoots? You their?" I asked, waving my hand in front of her face. She snapped out of it and looked up to me. "Y-Yeah... w-w-was t-that Spitf-fire and D-Daring D-Doo?" She shakily asked. "Yeah... why? I didn't know you liked her books... The Wonderbolts sure but..." Scoots looked at the floor. "I know... I'm an egg head..." I shook my head and scooped her up. "What are you talking about? I love books too, your not an egg head! I just meant I wish you had told me." "Why?" She asked looking at me. "Well... where did you read the books from?" I asked her looking back to her eyes. "I would borrow them off Rainbow Dash sometimes." "Hm... I see... well, ONWARD!" I said pointing forward with the arm not carrying the filly, causing her to laugh a bit. I began walking to the spot I had seen Daring and Spitfire go to, but stopped dead when I saw a huge line branching out of the store and going on for who knows how long. "Oh dear... well then..." I said aloud. I turned to Scoots who shrugged. "Maybe next time?" She asked. "Maybe next time." I said. I turned around and began walking back towards the costume isle when I heard a loud gasp and something skid to a stop right behind me causing Scoots to look over my shoulder and jump a bit. "Let me guess... Pinkie pie?" I said calmly. "Not. Even. Close." Scoots said slowly. I raised and eyebrow and slowly turned around. When I fully turned around I nearly doubled over in shock and nearly had a heart attack. Standing near millimeters away from my face were two (And may I say VERY wide) Raspberry eyes looking straight into my own. We stayed like that for a moment before I decided to take a step back only for her to follow through with flying forward again. "Uhh...." I began to say. "You CAN talk!" Daring shouted. "This is SO. AWESOME!" She shouted again. "What else can you do? What are you exactly? I heard your a Human but I wanted to ask and make sure. Who is this? Is it your child? Whats her name? Is-" I cut her off by placing a hand in front of her mouth. "SHhhhhh...." I said with a finger to my lips. She nodded and I let go. "Jeez... that bombardment of questions hurt more than a Twilight bomb..." I mumbled under my breath. I looked down to Scoots for a moment then back up to see the eyes at my face again, causing me to jump back a bit. "JESUS..... Stop DOING that!" I said, as Scoots just laughed like a madmare. Daring blushed a bit then landed on the ground. "S-Sorry... I can get a bit.... excited when I discover something I haven't come across before." She said kicking the ground a bit. "It's alright, I understand how excited you must be. I just wanted to ask you how long you are here for?" I said causing her to look back up at me in confusion. "The signing?" I said flatly. "Oh... OH! Oh me and Spitfire will be here for another four hours. Why?" She said quickly. "Well, I was hoping I could buy a collection of the books... signed of course." I said, causing a small and surprised gasp from Scoots. I placed Scoots on the ground and looked back up to Daring Doo. "Well... how about this..." She said as she flew away for a moment and then began walking back with a heavy looking box. She was struggling a bit so I walked over and picked up the box like it was a feather. Causing her to look at me in confusion a bit but quickly subsided. "Take these. And in return we hang out for a bit after my work here and you can answer some of my questions." She said as I placed the box next to Scoots. Scoots carefully opened the top and as she did her eyes shot wide open. She slowly looked between me and Daring. "T-These are... f-for m-me?" She said... out of breath. Daring nodded. "Yup... enjoy em!" Imminently Scoots shot up and hugged Daring. Who recoiled a bit but pat her back a bit. "Heheh... your welcome." Scoots jumped off and went back to looking at the boxes contents. I turned to Daring. "What was in there?" I asked. She chuckled a bit. "First editions of the books." My eyes went wide. "First editions? Oh god... RD's gonna rob me..." I mumbled under my breath. I shook my head but before I could answer I heard another voice. "Daring... what's taking so long! Lets get this star-" The voice stopped as I saw Spitfire round the corner and stop as she sees me. "Well hello, I've heard a lot about you. Your a... DJ... right?" Spitfire said. I nodded. "Well..." She walks up to me and reaches out. "Nice to meet you... I'm Spitfire." She said a bit strangely with her eyes a bit half lidded. 'Uhhhhh....' I reached out and grabbed her hoof and shook. "Call me CJ, It's nice to meet you too." She nodded and stared at me for a few more moments. "So... got anything planned for tonight?" She said in the same strange voice. "Actually I've go-" "He is hanging out with me to answer some of my questions!" Daring said a bit defensively. She slowly turns to me and gives me the same look Spitfire had given. "Heh... i didn't know you were a DJ..." '...' I shook my head and turned around and walked towards Scoots. "We came here to get a costume of the Shadow Bolt's or whatever. Any Idea to where that would be?" Spitfire nodded and took off. A second later she came back with a signed costume. "Here you go... Signed it myself... Although it's meant for a filly... why would you..." "I was buying it for Scootaloo here." I said, motioning to Scoots. Spitfire handed me the costume and I grabbed it. As I did and she walked by me she whispered. "What a kind... stallion..." As she brushed her tail across my face slightly. 'Ok a BIT to close for comfort.' "Oh! Wow! Look at the time! I had better get going! C'mon Scoots, lets get back home." Scoots nodded and walked up beside me. I put the costume over the box and walked up to the counter, Paid for the costume, and began walking to the door. "Bye Spitfire! Bye Daring!" Called out Scoots as we left. "By Scootaloo!" They shouted back. "...Bye CJ..." The shouted sending a bit of a shiver up my spine. ***************** We made it back to the house and I placed the box down in my room. I turned to Scoots. "Will you be Okay here for a while?" She took out a book happily and very carefully opened it. "Yup! Thanks for the books and stuff dad! Your the best!" I swear my heart skipped a beat. "N-No problem Scoots, I'll see ya in a bit!" I say as I leave the room. "Bye dad!" She called back as I walked out of the house. ****************** I made it to the library in about 10 minutes. 'I've got a few questions I want to ask Twilight before I have to meet up with Daring... *Shiver*' I walked up to the door and was about to knock. 'Wait... all those times she told me just to "go in" because its public...' I shrugged and got a devious smile. I backed up a bit and looked straight at the door. I began to sprint towards the Library door. "LEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!!!" I Trough the door open and charged in. "JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN"-BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTSSSSSssssssss..... Everything went black in an instant. What did you guys think? Like it? Hope you are all ready for the mother of all twists next chapter! ha....hahaha...ha...HAH..HAHAHAA..HAAAAAAHAHAHAHA....HAAAAAAAAAAA...haha...ha.......ha........ -_-