A Nightmare Before The Night [CYOA]

by Selbi


Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Arriving at the tree, not even bothering to check if the squirrel was still there, she started prattling.

“Listen to me! I mean, uh… look at me! I really need that key! Right now! If I don’t get it in time, bad things will happen! Mayor Mare will be incredibly angry at me for not delivering the fireworks, let alone in time! She will probably write a detailed letter to Princess Celestia, saying how I have failed at my task as her protegé, and she will probably banish me into the Everfree Forest for all eternity, where I will have to teach the basic anatomical functions of a pony body to fillyschool dropouts for the rest of my life! And she will probably remove my horn, so I will have to do everything with my mouth, like an earth pony! But I’ve been a unicorn all my life, and even my cutie mark says magic is what my life is about! And—”

BE QUIET ALREADY!” a voice interrupted Twilight from behind her. “Ah can’t stand to hear it anymore!”

Twilight spun around to the source of the voice and raised her eyebrows in surprise. “Applebloom? What are you doing here?”

“Ah came here ta see mah squirrel… friend… ta pick up mah… gift…” Applebloom explained uneasily, a slight hint of anger in her voice.

“Is that the reason why this squirrel is stealing bits and valuable items?” Applebloom walked backward a step, her sudden change of expression to shocked being an obvious answer to Twilight’s question. She sighed. “Applebloom, why are you playing loan shark? Not to mention, with a squirrel? And how did you manage to do it anyway?”

“Ah… Ah…”

“You wanted to get your cutie mark?” Twilight finished for her. Applebloom nodded. “Well, I’m talking to the same pony who suggested the pyrotechnician idea, so I’m not even that surprised. In fact, spare me with the details. Just pick up your damn money and give me the key from that tree hole.”

Applebloom climbed up to the hole and put all of the bits she could find in there into her saddlebag. After a few seconds of being up there, she said, “There ain’t no key here. It must’ve taken it with it.”

“What?! What in Tartarus am I supposed to do now?”



Only two options.

→ Try finding the squirrel? Go to Chapter 35!

→ Give up before you even start? Go to Chapter 28!