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// Chapter 6 
// Story: A Nightmare Before The Night [CYOA] 
// by Selbi 
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Chapter 6


After a short trot, Twilight arrived at the park. Like in the town center, ponies were occupied with festival preparations all around. However, as much as Twilight had looked, she couldn’t find a single one not having something up their hooves.

“Well, looks like I’ve got to do this on my own.”

Stretching her muscles for the quest she was about to start, she charged towards the first thing she would interrogate: a plant.





“Uuuaaarghh!” Twilight seethed about two hours later. She had just looked through every part of the park she could; every spot that looked like a place a careless pony would lose a highly valuable and one-of-a-kind key. A key that is used to open a safe that contains extremely dangerous fireworks. And a key Twilight would’ve needed much earlier.

But it was in vain—the key was probably already long gone. It would’ve probably been found by somepony else already and sold.

Mulling over her defeat, Twilight thought about the options she had left. A smile formed on her face after a while. A smile that slowly turned into maniacal laughter. “Who says I need a key to open that safe? I don’t! I never did! I made that safe! Nothing I created can’t also be destroyed!”

Twilight got up and bolted towards her house.





“Spiiike!” she screamed as soon as the door shut behind her. Without waiting for a response, she said, “My toolbox! Now! I’m at the safe!”

“I’ll take it you didn’t find the key?” he inquired with a chuckle. Twilight didn’t say anything. “Alright, fine. I’ll bring it to you.”

Minutes later, a heavily panting and sweat-covered Spike let a huge box fall next to Twilight, sitting in front of the safe and staring at it intently. “Thanks, Spike,” she said without breaking her eye contact with the silver cuboid.

“This can’t end well…” muttered Spike as he left the room.

Twilight brought her attention to the toolbox. “Now, which one of you fine madames would like to be my first assistant?”









The screwdriver? Go to Chapter 12!


The hammer? Go to Chapter 20!