//------------------------------// // Chapter 8 - Nightmare Night // Story: Ponyville's New Pet // by Bubbabob //------------------------------// Next Day 7:00 PM "Nightmare Night, tonight's the night, everypony in town's dressing up to get down cuz it's Nightmare Night, time for a fright, you heard me right it's Nightmare Night!" Sweetie Belle (who was dressed as a flutterpony except for the wings) sang while on the way to Golden Oak Library with Applebloom (Timberwolf) and Scootaloo (vampony) to pick up Peanut Butter. The night before, Peanut Butter had led them to the library where Twilight and Spike had been waiting. Twilight had showed them the letter that she had received from Princess Celestia the night before to give them some more insight about Peanut Butter. Spike wished he had a camera because their reactions were priceless. After they recovered, they said they liked the idea of Peanut Butter being able to roam free and interact with other ponies; they wanted everypony to experience the joys of being in contact with PB. "Alright girls, before you go I need to help Peanut Butter into his costume," Twilight (dressed in her coronation outfit) said. The girls and Spike (knight with a lance) looked at Twilight curiously. "Uh, Twilight, in case you forgot, PB can't exactly where clothes," Spike stated. "He's not going to where a costume," Twilight said with a grin on her face, "I'm going to magic one up." Before Spike could say anything else, Twilight's horn began to glow. Her magical aura enveloped Peanut Butter and began to glow so brightly that Spike and the CMC had to cover their eyes. With a final burst of light, the spell ended. "Jeez, Twilight, what did you do-" Spike had started to say until he saw Peanut Butter. When the CMC looked at Peanut Butter as well, they gasped in surprise. Peanut Butter was no longer looked like the translucent, orange blob they all knew. He now looked like a solid, dark purple (and somewhat sinister looking) blob. "Twilight, you're not doing what I think you're doing, are you?" Twilight giggled, "I sure am, Spike! Just one last thing before his costume is complete; it was the only part that I wasn't able to do with magic." Twilight opened up a desk drawer with her magic and floated out a pair of white orbs. Both of them had a black dot on one side. She levitated them over to Peanut Butter and said, "Here you go, Peanut, a pair of fake eyes to complete the look." Peanut Butter grabbed the pair of eyes before absorbing them into his body. They popped back out side-by-side although they were askew. Peanut Butter rolled his eyes until both the pupils were facing forward. He blinked (much to the amusement of Twilight) and focused the eyes on the CMC and Spike. "Smooooooooozzze!" the CMC squealed in delight. Spike just faceclawed. Smooze was a well known monster among ponies. although no sightings of smooze had been seen for thousands of years, the legend of the creature remains. Horror stories had been passed down through generations, telling about the smooze. Although the stories very in description of its abilities, one thing remains the same about its appearance: a purple blob with a pair of eyes. "You girls better run before the smooze gets you," Twilight said playfully. Getting the hint, Peanut Butter began to slither towards the CMC while somehow keeping the eyes in place. The girls squealed and began to run around the library with Peanut Butter chasing them. "You sure this is a good idea, Twilight? Some ponies might seriously freak out," Spike asked. "Don't worry about it, Spike, it's Nightmare Night. Besides, I thought the girls could go prank ponies with Peanut Butter while getting candy." "You sure nobody will panic?" "Trust me, Spike, nobody will-" the library door slammed opened revealing the rest of the mane six who started entering. Applejack (scarecrow), who was leading the group, said, "Howdy, Twi! I gathered the girls like you said. What was it that you wanted to- What in tarnation?!" Applejack freaked out upon noticing the 'smooze' chasing the CMC. She and Rainbow Dash (Shadow Bolt) began to chase after Peanut Butter while Rarity (Princess Platinum) shrieked, Fluttershy (bunny suit from when Trixie took over), and Pinkie Pie (alligator) just bounced in place, oblivious to the not real danger the CMC were in. "Get away from mah sister ya varmint!" Applejack yelled before she and Rainbow tackled Peanut Butter. "Girls, wait! That's not..." Twilight stopped when Applejack and Rainbow started laughing. Peanut Butter had wrapped them up with his body and had begun to tickle them into submission. Applejack and Rainbow tried to get free and begged Peanut to stop, but he wasn't going to let them go without teaching them a lesson. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity to them, Peanut Butter released them of their tickle torture. Both Applejack and Rainbow laid on their backs panting heavily, giggling here and there. Twilight walked up and looked down at them with a smile, "Let this be a lesson to not jump the crossbow next time." "Sorry about that, Twi," Applejack said sheepishly, finally able to stand, "Shoulda figured it was PB, with it bein' Nightmare Night an' all." "Rainbow?" Twilight asked her multicolored friend. "That... that was awesome." Twilight shook her head before going to grab the letter that Celestia had sent. Applejack and Rarity had already been informed by their sisters about the letter while rest of the girls were hearing this for the first time. "That. Is. Awesome!" "I still find it hard to believe that he knew Discord and the Princesses," Rarity said with shock written all over her face. "What's really amazing is that he could have existed before any of them," Fluttershy, who had regained consciousness, said while petting Peanut Butter who was cooing gently. "Imagine the things he must have seen." "Oh, does that mean I can throw a reunion party for the Princesses, Discord, and Peanut Butter?" Pinkie asked excitedly. "Maybe late, Sugarcube, but we should probably head out now," Applejack said, looking at the clock; it was 8 o'clock. "You're right, the festivities have probably already started," Twilight said before standing up. "Let's head out girls." Everypony stood up and headed out the door. However, before Twilight could get out the door, Sweetie Belle nudged her leg. "What is it, Sweetie Belle?" "Um, could you summon me a pair of butterfly wings please?" she asked nervously. Twilight smiled, "Of course, Sweetie Belle, just give me a moment." Twilight's horn began glow, enveloping Sweetie Belle in her aura like with Peanut Butter. When Twilight was done casting, she wiped the sweat from her brow. While the spell was slightly difficult to cast, it was nowhere near as bad as when she first cast the spell on Rarity a couple of years ago. Being an alicorn has its perks. Sweetie checked out her wings before turning back to Twilight with a large grin. "Thank you so much Princess Twilight!" Sweetie said, hugging Twilight's foreleg. "You're welcome, Sweetie Belle, now go and catch up to your friends." Sweetie Belle nodded before flapping her new wings and headed towards her friends and Peanut Butter. "Hurry up, Twilight, or else we'll miss Princess Luna's entrance!" Pinkie shouted from the opposite direction. As Twilight began to trot towards her friends, she heard a shout of frustration. "Oh come on! How come Tinkle Belle gets to fly!" "For the last time Scootaloo I didn't tinkle!" Twilight just shook her head before she continued walking. *** "Nightmare Night! What a fright! Give us something sweet to bite!" shouted the CMC and Spike along with some other fillies and colts that they were trick-or-treating with. Peanut Butter just gurgled along. They were currently at Derpy's house holding there bags open. The cross-eyed mare smiled and began giving each of them a muffin. "Derpy's weird," Scootaloo said taking a bite out of her chocolate chip muffin. Spike took a bite out of his muffing with sapphires. "Weird for being considerate enough to make a batch of muffins for any dragons that may show up?" Spike asked. "Ya gotta admit though, her heart is in the right place and she makes a mean muffin," Applebloom said taking a bite out of her poppy-seed muffin. "Mmhm," Sweetie agreed with her mouth full of blueberry muffin goodness. Peanut Butter opened his mouth and swallowed his chocolate muffin whole. His eyes wobbled around as he did so. The girls giggled. Their night had been a fantastic one so far. They had gone around and pranked several ponies, making them believe they had been attacked by smooze. By far the best reaction was from Lily who ran off screaming into the night. Although the best part was the amount of candy they had. Maybe it was the full moon or maybe luck was on their side, but the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Spike had the biggest haul of candy they had ever had. Peanut didn't have a haul because he kept eating every piece of candy he got as soon as it was given to him. "Hey isn't it almost time for Princess Luna to show up?" Scootaloo asked. Peanut Butter seemed to perk up at the mention of Luna. "Yeah, should be soon now. Let's head towards town hall and meet up with Twilight and the girls," Spike said, beginning to walk that way. The area around town hall was bustling with activity; ponies everywhere were playing games, eating candy, and scaring other ponies. Spike searched the crowd of ponies until he spotted Twilight and the girls. "Hey Twilight!" Spike said running up to Twilight. "Hey Spike, did you and the girls have fun?" "Sure did! We pranked several ponies with PB's help and we got a lot of candy!" "That might explain why we saw Lily running by earlier screaming her head off," Twilight said giving a mock glare. Spike giggled nervously while rubbing the back of his head. "Don't worry, Spike, she'll be fine. Now, why don't you, the girls, and Peanut Butter go play some of the games." Spike nodded and headed off with Peanut Butter and the girls. Five minutes later, Rainbow Dash approached Spike, "Hey Spike, can I borrow PB?" "Why?" "I need his help with a prank that I've been planning for a while now, let me borrow him. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, pleeaaase," Rainbow Dash begged. "Okay, okay! I was just asking, jeez. Hey Peanut Butter! Rainbow Dash needs your help with a prank." Peanut Butter slithered over to them and gurgled happily. "Thanks Spike, I'll bring him back as soon as I'm done." Rainbow Dash grabbed Peanut Butter with her hooves and lifted him into the air. As soon as she was out of sight of the others, she nuzzled Peanut Butter. "Sweet Celestia I love hugging you." Peanut gurgled. "Listen Peanut, we're going to prank Luna." Peanut gurgled excitedly. "I need to get her back last year for scaring me and your going to help me. Now, here's what we're going to do..." *** "GREETINGS SUBJECTS! WE, PRINCESS LUNA, YOUR PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT, HAVE COME FOR OUR OFFERING OF CANDY! IF WE DON'T RECEIVE OUR CANDY, WE WILL BACK TOMORROW TO GOBBLE YOU UP!" Princess Luna had arrived in Ponyville conjuring up a storm of thunder and lightning, terrifying the foals while the adults tried not to laugh at the sight. She landed in front of town hall, where the foals each poured a small portion of their candy in front of her. Luna levitated a piece of candy up and ate it; she had to suppress a smile from all the fun she was having in order to keep her intimidating appearance. She using the royal Canterlot voice again, "THIS OFFERING PLEASES US! WE WILL SPARE YOU OUR WRATH FOR NOW. LET THE FESTIVITIES CONTIN-" SPLAT! "-ue?" Luna felt something slimy on her back. Turning her head ever so slowly, she saw the a mass of purple slime resting on her back and wings. Then she noticed a pair of eyes staring at her. ... ... ... THUD. Rainbow Dash landed on the ground next to her friends who were staring at the princess wide eyed with shock. Most of the townsfolk were having similar reactions. "Well, this is awkward," Rainbow said sheepishly. All eyes turned to her, glaring at the one who made the princess pass out. As for Peanut Butter, he was poking Luna's nose in an attempt to wake her up.