//------------------------------// // Two Socialites // Story: Of Tricks And Treats // by Starlight Shadow //------------------------------// Fancy Pants was many things. Confident. Influential. Famous. Usually "nervous schoolcolt with a crush" was not among those things, but that was shaping up to change if he kept acting like this. He was going to the Nightmare Night party being held at the castle as a business opportunity, where Fleur de Lis was also going to be. And like always nowadays when he went somewhere she was going to be, he was overly nervous and scared to move for fear of ruining his costume through some unlucky misstep. The aforementioned costume was of Alucard, a vampire from a series of novels he knew Fleur liked. A blood-red suit, vampire fangs, and a red top hat that covered his horn. He wondered how Fleur would be dressed. No doubt in something that accented her lovely figure beautifully. Maybe she wouldn't want to court him. That was a very real possibility. Fleur was on the same rung of the social ladder as he was, and she had her pick of fine stallions. Not to mention all of her other positive qualities, including but not limited to endless wit, beauty, and an outgoing nature. He could just turn around and go back inside his home. He didn't have to go to this party and risk everything for a mare. He briefly took off the hat so he could light up his horn to signal a carriage, and he was headed to the castle with no more time to think. ---- Fleur de Lis was many things. Stunning. Intelligent. An excellent actress. A nervous fangirl she usually was not, but there was a first time for everything. She was going to the Nightmare Night party being held at the castle in order to gain more opportunities for work, where Fancy Pants was also most likely going to be. A well-known fashion designer and her crush. Fleur was dressed in the standard Playcolt bunny costume - a black corset, fake bunny ears, a collar complete with bowtie, cuffs not unlike those you would find on a dress shirt, a fluffy hairband tied around the base of her tail, and a pair of fishnet stockings. It was a scandalous fashion choice, and possibly risky, but she looked sexy in it, and that was what was important if she wanted to impress Fancy Pants. She glanced at the pink mirror rimmed with lights one last time before fetching her bag and running outside to catch a carriage. As she was headed to the palace, she considered the possibility that Fancy Pants wouldn't want her. That maybe he had his eyes set on another mare. These thoughts were quickly dismissed. What if he did? She had to consider the positives. ---- Two unicorns met in the grand ballroom. One was pale pink, dressed like a bunny. One was white, dressed like a vampire. "Hello." Fleur said. "Hello." Fancy replied.