Foal Adventures.

by Super-Stallion


Nightmawe's Night! Nightmawe's Nightmare!

This chap was done by my Editor firebirdabirdofffire I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it before I post the second part of my Nightmare night special:)

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On a stage with the curtains closed. A phoenix-like creature in a tuxedo talon trotted in stage left, he tripped on his way there. "My beak..."

"Hahahaha. That alone made the ticket worth it." Discord laughed from the balcony.

"We didn't pay, we got them for free." Kit said next to him.

"Exactly!" They both laughed.

"Glad at least someone likes the show." The phoenix said. *Ahem* "Welcome Ladies and Gentlecolts, to Foals adventures.'s Nightmare Night Special. I'm firebirdabirdoffire, but most call me Firebird, you may know me as the editor of this story. You may've asked yourself; 'Say Firejerk where's Super-Stallion?'. First off, that's not my name, rude. Second, I was caught spying on Discord and Kit, which is kinda unavoidable being the editor and all."

"Why're you the editor anyway?" Kit shouted.

"Just practicing my writing skills by correcting mistakes of others." Firebird answered.

"That's kind of pathetic." Discord said.

"Kinda." Firebird agreed.

"You're no fun." Discord pouted.

"So begging for mercy I decided to help them this once."

"You're betraying your boss, you know!" Kit heckled.

"I'm sorry that I'm doing this because I don't wanna be a victim. For all I know you could turn me into a rubber chicken for the foals to play with."

"Ooh. Good idea. Discord write that one down."

"Two steps ahead of you."

"Anyways. I Hi-Jacked Super-Stallion's laptop thanks to the mental duo over there." Firebird pointed to the balcony. "So I decided to twist their fate of the foals a little." He gulped a little. "I'm free to go if they find it amusing. So let's hope for the best. I apologize."

"BOOOO!!!" Kit yelled.

"Your performance's lousy!" Discord followed up.

"Start the story!"

"Get off stage!"

"You aren't scary!"

"This is Nightmare Night, you have to be scary!"

"Because a bird on fire isn't scary enough?... Think of the property damage I can-" He tightly shut his beak tight, redundancy is intentional, the last thing he needs is to give them ideas. "Let's get on with the show. This chapter is called: Nightmawe's Night! Nightmawe's Nightmare! Shown in Reality Vision, by Discord Inc."

The curtain opened, showing Nightmare Moon's and Blueblood's room.

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In Nightmare's and Blueblood's room said ponies were sleeping. And rightly so, it's early in the morning. But today happens to be a special day. Luna entered the room, waking up her foal. She nudge her muzzle against Nightmare. "Wake up my little moon."

"Wet me sweep in peace." Nightmare unconsciously mumbled.

"The sun will set in a few minutes."

"Destwoy it for me, this sweep will be eternaw."

'Old habits die hard.' Luna thought. "I'll have something to tell you that completely slipped everypony's mind until now." She now nudged her hard enough to wake her.

"Huh, wha?" Nightmare rubbed her eyes. "Mowning Woona." She yawned out.

"Good morning Sweetie. I've have something to tell you. It's Nightmare Night today."

"It isn't ouw birwthday."

"No that's not it."

"Cewestia cwoaked?" Luna glared at that remark.

"No," Luna explained what Nightmare Night was. Including it's history, it's purpose and it's use in modern culture.

"That's the most amazing thing I heawd, evew!" Nightmare was in genuine awe. "Why didn't you tell this earliew? You'd think that a holiday based awound us would somewhewe on top of the wist."

"Wait, you and auntie Wuna were one in the same at the time. How can you not know about Nightmare Night?" Thanks Blueblood for pointing out that plothole, you'll be the death of me. Better write my way out of this."

"I fowgot, I guess." In retrospect they'll hear/read this anyways. Umm, it's a Discord Inc. product I tell you. "Why didn't you teww me this?"

"Everypony forgot. If it makes you feel better, I had the same thing happen to me. I'm glad we found as soon as we did. We're going to Ponyville in a few hours, I asked Applejack to babysit as you go door-to-door. Just stick to the rules."

"Alwight."

"Now go to back to sleep you two. You'll need your energy." Nightmare's ego boosted that morning.

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On Luna's customized chariot, it's evening. "Why awe we gonna be babysat by that filthy farmew, auntie?" Asked Blueblood.

"Twilight, Rarity and Fluttershy will have their hooves full this evening, Cadenza and Armor is trying make sure the Crystal Empire has a decent first Nightmare, and I have to scare ponies by impersonating Nightmare. So Applejack's family kindly accepted my request of escorting so you could collect some sweets."

"Sounds faiw." Nightmare said. "What's the catch?"

"There is none my child, as long as keep close to Applejack, and listen to her." That's a catch, Luna...

"Hmm..." It was pretty evident Nightmare was scheming, Luna took note of that. "Awwight, we're gonna behave, wight, Bluey?" Nightmare said his name in mock affectionate tone.

"Can't I stay at home, auntie?" Blueblood said shakingly.

"Celestia is busy today." Luna said. "So do you two have your costumes?"

"Yes." The foals said in unison as Nightmare lightly kicked their brief case.

"Look children, we're here." The chariot landed in front a barn, only Applejack was there, she was in her scarecrow costume from last year.

"Howdy there Luna. Ya too Nightmare 'nd Blueblood."

"Die in a fiwe." Nightmare replied the first and friendliest thing that came to mind.

"Likewise, sugarcube." AJ deadpanned. "Go inside the barn, kiddos, ya still need to get chanced into yer costumes." They went inside.

"I shall repay you greatly, Applejack. It may take more out of you than a day of work."

"Ya don't have to."

"You'll take those words back at the end of the day, I assure you."

"We're weady." Nightmare said. "I'm going as the scawiest thing I could think of..." Nightmare crawled into their view. "Pwincess Cewestia!" She proclaimed, wearing a Celestia wig and plastic accessories.

"What's so scary 'bout her?"

"All the toys and contwaptions in her pewsonal- "

"STHAP! I've heard enough."

"Come out, Bluey." Blueblood was dressed like a royal guard.

"Why the royal guard uniform? I thought you hated being a peasant of any variety." Luna was confused.

"I forced him. I thought it goes with my Celestia costume, since the royal guard are Celestia's servants. Just like how Blueblood is mine."

"No I'm not!"

"Be nice, Nightmare. Listen, both of you. Remember what I said about treating Applejack with respect."

"Yes Woona./Yes Wuna." The foals said in unison.

Wuna Luna's horn is glowing now. The glow surrounded the foals. With a white flash the foals were gone, leaving only a filly and a colt in their place.

"What did you do?" Blueblood asked.

"I merely used an illusion spell, you need to look age appropriate. I don't think infants are allowed to go door to door. I also took the liberty making your diapers and it's contents invisible. This spell should last five hours."

"Thank you Woona, we shaww be as sweet as the candy we gathew." Nightmare 'promised'.

Luna looked skeptical. 'Why do I get the feeling I'm going to regret this?' "Have a great night you two." The chariot left it was headed for Ponyville.

"Wait, why couldn't she dwop us off at that dumb town!" Blueblood complained.

"Ah don't think there's enough place for all for of us. It's a small jog to Ponyville. Follow me."

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While it's indeed true that it's a light jog, but it takes ages for a baby or an inpatient type. Which is both true the royal duo. Applejack's constant yapping didn't help. But Nightmare saw something interesting sticking out from the pumpkin field. It was in fact a stick, but tied to it was another stick forming a cross. It reminded Nightmare of a 'skeleton' AKA structure of a scar- 'Ingenious!!!!' Nightmare thought to herself.

"Psst. Blue."

"Yeah, Nighty?"

"You think we couwd have more fun if we ditched that piece of filth?" Nightmare phrased in terms Blueblood would understand.

"Yes, what are you planning? Awe you going to bwake the wules?"

"Yes."

"But you heard Wuna."

"It'll be worth it. Don't you want to cowwect as much candy as you can, without stopping to a halt because she happens to come acwoss and acquaintance of hews?"

Blueblood was thinking, he came to a decision. "Do to hew whatevew you have in mind."

Nightmare smirked. "Hey Appwemuck."

"That's Applejack."

"Sowwy, I have a speech impediment." Nightmare lied.

Applejack rolled her eyes. "What is it?"

"I know a cool trick I wanna show you."

"A cool trick, eh? Ye got mah attention."

Nightmare's eyes glowed blindingly white.

****

They were in Ponyville now.

"Could you explain what you did to her again? I'm still not sure what exactly happened." Blueblood was regaining his sight.

"I saw an empty scarecrow stick and Applejack is dwessed as one. All I had to do is make hew think she is one. She's as dumb as one now too. And you helped me lifting hew to the stick."

"That's just cwuel." Even Blueblood has standards, even if it's because he's a baby now.

"Don't wowwy a slap of modewate stwength can easiwy snap hew out of it."

"If you say so. Should we knock on this doow?"

"You want candy do you?"

"Yes."

"Then knock on the doow!"

*Knock-knock* The door opened, there was a mare behind it...

...

...

...

"Awe we supposed to say something?" Nightmare asked.

"Well most kids of shout 'Nightmare Night, what a fright, give us something sweet to bite!' if they want candy. Are you two new to this?" The mare asked. They nodded. "Hm... Here have some candy, I gave you a little extra than I would normally give. Good luck you two."

"Thank you, M'am." Blueblood said as the mare closed the door. "That was easy."

"I'm wooking forward to the next one."

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"NIGHTMAWE NIGHT, WHAT A FWIGHT, GIVE US SOMETHING SWEET TO BITE!!!!" Nightmare Moon shouted, knocking the blue Pegasus with a wilted four-leaf clover cutie mark unconscious against the wall. "Whoops." The Pegasus' name is Dumb Ester Luck.

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After a lackluster amount of trick or treating or playing games, avoiding Luna so she doesn't see them without Applejack and cleverly avoiding the homes of their friends. Nightmare and Blueblood were on their way back to the barn. "Hmm... Seems like Appwejack's come to hew senses." Nightmare noted, Applejack was no longer hanging there.

"I hope we won't get in twouble for this." Blueblood was afraid of what the future might hold.

"As long we eat the candy befowe they find out we'we good." They finally reached the barn where they waited for Luna to pick them pick. They were dead tired.

After about five minutes of waiting, Luna finally arrived. "Looks you two got a lot of candy. How was your night?"

"It was okay." Nightmare yawned.

"Where's Applejack?"

"She did a gweat job, auntie. She went inside early." Blueblood yawned. "Can we go home?"

"Of course."

****

One day after Nightmare Night, Nightmare had a weird dream. She mostly forgot about it, but their was one thing that she remembered from it was a laugh that went like 'Gyaayayayah!'. Nightmare was back to her foal form. She looked at the clock. She woke up late, even Blueblood was still asleep. "Mowe candy fow me." She said to herself. She tried to chew on a gummy, but... "GRRRAAAAHH!! I fowgot I'm a foaw!! I can't eat anything!!!!" She screamed at the small over sight. The scream was so loud that it awoke Blueblood.

"Did you have to yeww so loud?"

"We can't eat the candy! We're babies!!!" Nightmare said in rage.

The realization hit Blueblood hard too.

Suddenly Celestia opened the door. "I heard screaming! Tell me what's wrong." Nightmare explained their predicament. "We didn't think this through." Celestia admitted. "Did you two at least have fun?"

"Kinda."

"Maybe." Nightmare and Blueblood respectively said.

"Then it is not that bad."

"Yes it is!" The rest of the day they played sweetie, but angrily with their toys.

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Gyayayayaayayaah! You'll pay for your sins...

'What was that about?' Nightmare had that laugh return in her dreams, it even came with threat this time. Nightmare decided to ask Luna about that. It's the second day after Nightmare Night. Today Nightmare overheard Celestia and Luna talking about something, peculiar... In Celestia's room.

"But this is troubling Luna. Twilight said that nopony has seen Applejack since Nightmare Night. According to her Granny Smith, Big Macintosh and Applebloom have been down ever since."

This stung Nightmare a bit. 'Oh my... Did I?... No...'

"I'll send a few guards to search for her."

"I already did."

"Let's hope for the best. Losing an element of harmony is the last thing we need." Nightmare heard hoof steps towards the door. The door opened, Luna saw Nightmare, she didn't too surprised that she was listening for some reason. "Oh Nightmare, you shouldn't have listened in on us. How much did you hear?"

"That Appwejack's missing and that you some of the guawds to find hew." Nightmare felt a lot more guilty, it didn't help she looking at her mother right now.

"'Tis a problem. What are you doing here anyway?"

"I heawd an unsettwing waugh in my dweams two times in a wow, the second one even gave me a thweat."

"Sounds like you have a recurring nightmare. Ironic."

"I dun cawe if it's iwonic. I wanna now why I have those dweams."

"Hmmm... I'll monitor your dreams tonight, my little moon."

"Thank you Woona." Luna muzzled her foal.

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Nightmare was back in her room. "Blue!" She grabbed her 'cousin'. "We may have retwoactivewy disposed of Appwejack."

"What?!"

"Nopony has seen her since Nightmare Night. Whatevew we do, we cannot teww twuth, ow ewse we couwd be in sewious twouble."

"Why me?"

"You said I should do it."

"But it was youw idea."

****

You cannot hide, Nightmare saw the body the voice presumably belonged to, all she could make out is a silhouette. It wore a cloak, it had a scythe and had a sickly green aura. The voice itself was a menacing feminine whisper, except when it laughed. I'll haunt you until the end of your days, which I shall shorten real soon. I could be hiding anywhere, and not just in your dreams. In about two days it's a full moon. Therefore I'm free to roam the mortal world as solid being once again. You'll know to fear the name; Phantom Vengeance. Gyayayah!

It's the third day since Nightmare Night. Nightmare was more jittery and jumpy today. Ergo she's easily spooked, even Blueblood can be, that's a new low. She discussed this with Luna. "She cawwed hewself 'Phantom Vengeance' and she made that awfuw waugh again. Why didn't yo do anything?"

"I was in your dream, but I didn't see anything of the sort. But there's obviously something going on."

Applejack still wasn't found.

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One day until I'm free, if I were you I'd booby trap the place. The more panicked you are, the easier you are to catch. Gyayayayayayayaaaaaaaaah!

The fourth day after Nightmare Night. Luna gave the sad news. Applejack was found dead, she was hidden behind some pumpkins. Nightmare's guess was that Applejack fell to the ground but didn't snap out of her trance. She was close to crying, when she was alone in her room she cried quietly, knowing that her punishment from Luna shall be great. That is unless Phantom Vengeance is real and follows up on her promise.

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Phantom Vengeance was closer then ever, pretty much looking down on Nightmare. Time for my Revenge, enjoy your last moments. Because I'm gonna return the favor. Phantom Vengeance threw off her cloak, revealing a ghostly colorless pony with a wispy tail. You can her skeletal structure. She still had her sickly glow and her scythe caught on fire, ghostly blue fire. She was also patched with pieces of a burlap sack for some reason. See you later! GYAAAAAYAYAyayayayayyayayaaaah!!

The fifth day since Applejack's disappearance. Nightmare woke with a note by her side. It read:

My dear little moon.

Celestia and I are attending Applejack's funeral. It's going to be a long ceremony, and after which we have make plans of finding a new element of honesty. Blueblood is in the crystal empire, he's playing with Sombra. And stay away from the cafeteria, the guards are having a party, a lot a salt water shall be drunk. The cook will bring you your food.

Love, Luna

Nightmare was now really scared, they're was nopony reliable was around to protect her. This presents a problem. At least she had the whole day to prepare.

There was just one problem. It was suddenly night. A sharp sound came from the window. It was a flaming blue scythe! Nightmare gasped. She ran for the door, too bad for her it was locked. "How!?" She shouted.

Phantom Vengeance apparently climbed using only her ghostly weight and her tool, she showed her ugly and unrecognizable face. Gyayah! Well well well, what do we have here? The one once fabeled Nightmare Moon, eh? Gyayah! I'm weally scawed. The demon is sarcastic, who knew? Nightmare was cowering against the wall. Anything you want to say before I prematurely end you? The demon Phantom Vengeance held her weapon against the immortal infant.

"W-w-w-what awe y-y-you?"

Don't you recognize me? No of course not! I came fresh out of Tartarus, Haydes was impressed about my killers age and method, so much so he revived me with a new body, a new name, a new accent and a family left in tears, chanced me into a demon to give you a one way ticket to Tartarus, the revenge is just a nice bonus. He wants to share details on sadistics or something.

"Ap-p-p-p-plwej-j-jack?"

Correct

I'm sowwy to what I did to you.

That's nice. It won't bring me back to make my family happy or make me quit my mission.

"Please spare me! I'll be Haydes' best pen pal! I'll never do anything like that again." Nightmare started crying.

Like you'll follow up on that.

"I wiww! As wong as I get to wive! I shaww be more considewate of othews. I pwomise!"

"That's all Ah needed to hear." Applejack's normal voice said as she warped back to her normal state.

"W-What?" Nightmare said in disbelief.

"This version of your room is a dream, Nightmare." Said Luna. "Once Applejack snapped out of her scarecrow trance, she wrote a letter of how you behaved. I was just gonna give you and Blue a stern talking to, but Celestia insisted I should try this approach."

"Appwejack never died?"

"Indeed. Now are ya gonna behave from now on?"

"I-I'll twy." Nightmare said.

"That's what I wanna hear. Now enjoy the rest of your day, but don't talk to Blueblood for a while, he got a different punishment, but it kinda scarred him."

"Okay Woona!" Nightmare woke up, leaving Luna and Applejack in the room they were in.

"How's that for a repayment, Applejack? You were really menacing these past few days."

"Thank ya kindly, It's satisfying to say th' least. Those two, making me stare at nothing for hours. Serves them right."

****

"The End." Firebird said. "So hideously despicable gentlewhatevers," He referred to Discord and Kit. "what did you think?"

"Not enough explosions."

"Could've been more fleshed out. Fell kinda flat in some areas."

"Phantom Vengeance was neat idea."

"The pacing was bad."

"It's rushed, it's like you wrote it in three days."

"They're out of character."

"We're out of character."

"There are plotholes."

"The moral was lost and confused."

"You made this subplot up."

"You're not Super-Stallion, get off stage!"

"Boo!"

"Booo!"

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

"I'm doomed." Firebird muttered out loud.

Happy Nightmare Night.