//------------------------------// // [FIXED] Episode 31: This Is Nightmare Night! (Part 1) // Story: The Life of a Wanted Changeling Season 2: Debt to a Doctor (Comment Driven Story) // by Down with Chrysalis //------------------------------// Have a little trouble walking at first due to the cumbersome costume. Might want to retrieve your clothes, but seeing as how it's Nightmare Night, you should be able to walk around in your costume without a problem. In fact, it might be a better idea than using your normal disguise. And by better idea, I mean you can walk up and scare unsuspecting ponies for a jolly good laugh. But before you start having too much fun, find Nightshade and her friends to see how they're doing. You decide that the first thing you should do is grab your "Doctor's Outfit". You are about to go get it when you realize something, Wait... My clothes are still damp so it's best if I just let them dry for now. In fact, I should go looking for the girls, they could use some help with their costumes if they don't have them on already. And with that thought you move towards the door to leave your shack... *scraaaaatch* and only move an inch. You struggle to move faster, but apparently the Subject Delta armor is real... or at the very really heavy. You grunt in frustration as you move only a few more inchs and you keep hearing a strange scratching sound as you move. You sigh in defeat as you think, Why is this thing so bucking heavy?! And what is with that weird scratching noise whenever I try to move? The shopmare at the store never said anything about this being so stinking heavy! Maybe I should just take it of-huh? You see in the corner of your eye some text screwed onto the inside of your mask. You barley lift your right hoof to take off your mask to read it, WARNING! This costume of the Bioshock 2 character, Subject Delta, is a prototype that comes with a fully functioning drill hoof. If you have any problems, please look at the list below. You look at the warning label in shock, and then you quickly look at what you thought was a fake drill hoof as you think, Holy Luna... this drill is real! Why did noling bother to tell me that when I bought this thing! I would have liked to know that my hoof was attached to a REAL SPINNING DRILL OF DEATH! You sigh in annoyance as you look at the list of problems/solutions that warning mentioned. As you read down the list, saying them out loud as you do, "Your mask is stuck on your head... How does that work? You are experiencing flash burns in your lower regions... ew. You have the sudden urge to kill everypony within your area if somepony threatens a filly you're protecting... Yeah, but that's normal for me. You gain the sudden urge to walk around moaning... Only on Mondays. What else is there... blah blah blah, needle addiction no, no, no... not responsible for any drill-related maiming- Ah ha! Hear it is!" You smile in success at finally identifying your problem as you proceed to read it aloud, "if you are having trouble moving and are hearing a strange scratching noise. Your problem is that your drill is not on and is in lockdown mode. This causes the drill to become non-responsive and super-heavy. Trying to move when it is in this mode will cause the drill to be drag across the floor, causing the scratching noise. To fix this, simply say the words "Would you kindly activate drill" which will cause the lock down mode will deactivate and you will be able to move again. Huh... that's it?" You try (and fail) to shrug your shoulders as you clear you throat before saying, "Would you kindly activate drill." Suddenly your left hoof swings up and smacks you in the head with the drill, the force knocking you onto your back. You moan in pain as the mask (which was flung into the air) smacks into your stomach which would have hurt if the costume wasn't armored. You groan as you slowly get back up, putting your mask back on. You look at your now much lighter drill hoof as you say, "Huh... How do you turn on the drill? And wasn't 'would you kindly' th-"*VERRRRRRRRRR* "AHHHHHHHHH!" You scream in shock as your drill hoof suddenly springs to life, causing you to wave your hoof around in a panic, drilling and smashing objects all around you. You finally manage to get control of your hoof... by accidentally getting it stuck in the ground. You can still hear it drilling a hole into your floor as you yell, "Gah! Would someling kindly tell me how to turn this bucking thing of-?" Suddenly your drill hoof slows to a stop. You stare at your hoof (still embedded into the ground) in amazement. You then spot another instruction on the inside of the helmet. Most of the suit's functions are activated and deactivated by the phrase, "Would you kindly" or most varaitions on that phrase. "Woah... the suit responds to 'Would you kindly'? Whoever designed this thing gets points for accuracy. Now on to more important matters, like getting my hoof unstuck." You grab your hoof drill with your other hoof as you try to pull it out. You feel it begin to loosen, and after one final pull you manage to pull it out. You take up a victory pose and proclaim, "YES!" and are about to walk out to look for the fillies, when you notice something.... Your shack is full of drill holes and smashed objects. Your victory stance falters as you say in dread, "Oh no... Applejack is gonna kill me!" Thinking quickly you grab all of your patching supplies out of the Inventory as you say, "I better patch all this up before she finds out." A FEW HOURS OF PATCHING LATER You walk out of your shed in your costume with a sigh and say, "Luna that took forever, good thing I had all that extra wood from those dead apple trees during Nightshade's first day of school or I'd never been able to patch all those holes. Anyway, enough self-exposition! Time to look for the girls." With that you begin to... You walk around Sweet Apple Acres, no one seems to be there, and as you walk you begin to think about what you talked last night with Nightmare Moon. You remember the first time you meet both Princesses, how they wanted to kill Nightshade only because they think she was Nightmare Moon, Zecora and Fluttershy could not help if something happen to you. You enter in the house but you can't find anypony, you think that maybe they are busy and you decide to search them when you see some scrolls and ink in the table, at first you ignore it but after thinking another time about your talk you take one scroll and begin to write, to be prepared if something happen so that Nightshade is not alone. To Whoever find this. If you find this and im around here anymore, know that I only have a single wish. Take care of Nightshade, my daughter, I don't know who could find it, if maybe a member of the horde, a Alicorn Princess, a member of the Evil Five or somepony else. I hope you find in your heart enough love to not punish Nightshade for being a dark Alicorn. She is not Nightmare Moon, only a filly that have friends, even if somepony could hate me for being the hooded offender or a changelling, she is innocent and because of that, I only want that she is happy Signed: B.S. Tennant The hodded Offender Bugzee You look the scroll and save it in the inventory to hide it later, you don't want to leave it to the chance, so if something happen to you, at least Nightshade is safe Walk around Sweet Apple Acres. After a few minutes, you begin to think about what you talked about last night with the DFV. You remember the first time you met both Princesses, how they wanted to kill Nightshade just because they think she's Nightmare Moon. You enter the house, but you can't find anypony. You think that maybe they're busy and are about to exit when you see some scrolls and ink in the table, at first you ignore it but after thinking another time about your talk you pick up a pen and a scroll and begin to write, To whoever finds this, I don't know who's reading this note right now. It could be a member of the horde, a Alicorn Princess, a member of the Evil Five, or somepony else. Regardless of who this is, if you're reading this note, it can only mean that I'm not around here anymore, so know that I only have a single wish; Take care of Nightshade, my daughter. I hope you find in your heart enough love not to punish Nightshade for something she's not. She is not Nightmare Moon, only a filly recently brought into the world. Even if somepony could hate me for being the hooded offender or a changeling, she is innocent and because of that, I only want that she is happy, Signed: Baker Sylvester Tennant a.k.a. The Hooded Offender a.k.a Bugze Not wanting to leave anything to chance, you put the note into the Inventory to hide later so that if something happens to you, at least Nightshade is safe. "Will Scroll" added to Inventory And with that, you exit the building. A FEW MINUTES LATER You still can't find them so you go to the one place you didn't check yet, the barn. You begin to think on your way there, If they're not at the Apples' place, then they're probably out in town. Hopefully they haven't gone too far into town yet, it would take forever to find them then... You eventually find Nightshade and the CMC in the barn, putting the finishing touches on their costumes (and making a huge mess of the barn with all their makeup and costume supplies). You could just walk up and say hi, but it seems a good time to try out your voice changer (and a perfect chance to prank them back for yesterday). You sneak around the side and enter as silently as you can with your giant armored form before letting out a loud moan right behind the four of them. They of course get startled at the noise and seeing your hulking new form, but then Nightshade takes action. She runs behind a bale of hay and Falcon Kicks in into you, toppling you onto your side, from which you have a hard time getting up. Bugzy: "Man, watching those horror movies and planning how to survive them were really effective." *fatherly pride at this* "It's okay girls, it's just me."*turned off voice modifier* Nightshade: "Oh, sorry daddy. We thought you were real." Scootaloo: "But that was awesome! Did you see her kick that hay bale; she was all 'Falcon Kick!' and it was all 'wham!' and then Mister Tennent was all 'ahh I'm falling over in dramatic fashion'." So after they help you back up (no easy task) they tell you about their plans to go trick-or-treating with their friends from school. Applebloom also tells you that her sister Applejack is setting up some festivities in town, and that she'd probably appreciate some help. You tell her you'll consider it (though it's low on your list of priorities, after loading up on sugery sweets, rapidly consuming said sweets, and scaring ponies you don't especially like). And with that you wish them luck tonight, tell them to be safe and have fun, and head into town. You walk into the barn and see Nightshade and the CMC putting the finishing touches on their costumes (and making a huge mess of the barn with all their makeup and costume supplies). You're about to walk up to them when you get an idea, Hmmm... it IS Nightmare Night, I need to test my voice changer, and I don't think I'll get a better opportunity for payback... You sneak around the side and enter as silently as you can with your giant armored form before jumping out and letting out a loud moan right behind the four of them. *MOAN* Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo freeze in fear and scream in terror, "FALCON, KICK!" But Nightshade takes action by dashing behind a bale of hay and Falcon kicking it into you. The bale slams into your side and knocks you over and while on the ground you think in fatherly pride, Aww... My baby learned not to just freeze in fear when confronted with a monster... As you get back up, you see Nightshade readying another Falcon Kick so you quickly turn off the voice modifier and reassure the fillies, "Hey, hey, hey, It's okay girls, it's just me." The CMC sigh in relief and Nightshade says, "Oh, sorry daddy. We thought you were real." "But that was awesome! Did you see her kick that hay bale; she was all 'Falcon Kick!' and it was all 'wham!' and then Mister Tennant was all 'ahh I'm falling over in dramatic fashion'." Scootaloo excitedly says, They tell you about their plans to go trick-or-treating with their friends from school. Apple Bloom also tells you that her sister Applejack is setting up some festivities in town, and that she'd probably appreciate some help. "I'll put it on my priority list." you tell Apple Bloom as you think, Right bellow "loading up on sugary sweets", "devouring said sweets", "scaring ponies I don't like", and "keeping an eye out for the Headless Horse" "Well, good luck girls. Be safe, have fun, and if any colts hit on you-" "Kick em in the nards?" Scootaloo responds, "Exactly." And with that, you head into town... You wander through town in you Subject Delta costume, and get a lot of compliments, but you keep them guessing to who you are, wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise. Plus with it on, you are at eye level with Big Red, making everyone else look small in your view. You: Being tall is awesome! Maybe if I had listened to Grandbuggy then I wouldn’t be as small as a mare, but then again… Flashback G: Bugze, if you’re ever gonna have any muscles on ya, you’re gonna have to drink this cup of eggs and run around town in this sweatsuit You: But Grandbuggy, it’s a 120 degrees outside! We’re in Marizona during the summer! G: You can’t let the heat beat you boy! Pain is weakness leaving the body! Here, I’ll show you how it’s done. Grandbuggy then chugged the glass of eggs, donned the sweat suit and ran outside. He only made it five steps before he collapsed from heat exhaustion. As you carried him back into the wonderous miracle of air conditioning, you heard him mumbling G: eye of the tiger…thrill of the fight… Present You: then again, he did inexplicably gain 20 pounds of muscle mass the next day You wander through town in you Subject Delta costume and get a lot of compliments, but you keep them guessing to who you are. Not only do you not want to spoil the surprise, but in your costume, you're roughly as tall as Big Red. Being tall is awesome! Maybe if I had listened to Grandbuggy then I wouldn't be little bigger than a mare, but then again… FLASHBACK "Bugze, if you’re ever gonna have any muscles on ya, you’re gonna have to drink this cup of eggs and run around town in this sweatsuit!" "But Grandbuggy, we’re in a desert, it's summer, and it's high noon!" "You can’t let the heat beat you boy! Pain is weakness leaving the body! Here, I’ll show you how it’s done." Grandbuggy then donned the sweat suit, chugged down the glass of raw eggs, ran outside... and only made it five steps before he collapsed from heatstroke. As you carried him back inside, you heard him mumbling, "Eye of the tiger… thrill of the fight…" PRESENT Then again, he did inexplicably gain 10 pounds of muscle mass the next day... You snap out of your mental rambling when you see Cheerliee talking to some pony you don't know with her back turned towards you. You smirk evilly as you think, Time to begin the scaring spree. First victim, you! Mwhahahahah! And with that you quickly sneak behind Cheerlie (or at least you quickly sneak as much as possible with a big suit of armor). The pony in front of her sees you and is about to say something, but you make a 'shhh' gesture with your hooves to stop her. You then whisper, "Would you kindly turn on drill." and moan loudly... right into Cheerliee's ear [b]*MOOOOOOAAAAAAAN* *VERRRRREEEERRE* "AHHHHHHHH!" Cheerlie screams in horror at your scare. She turns around quickly and sees your costume before screaming again and then running away screaming, pushing down the pony she was talking to in the process. You start to laugh, but it sounds very creepy and deep due to your voice changer. You help the pony Cheerlie knocked down up, and then continue down the street looking for more ponies to scare. MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE SCARINGS LATER *MOOOOOOOAAAAAANNNNNN* "AHHHHHHHH! RUN FOR IT!" "AAAAAAAHHHH! The horror! The Horror!" "AHHHHHHHHHHhhhhh*faints*" You chuckle evilly, once again sounding creepy due to your voice changer, as two of the 'Drama Trio' (you started to call them that after you heard how they're always are overreacting to everything and spread gossip and rumors all the time) book it while the other one faints at the spot. So far you've scared eighteen ponies into running, twenty-five into fainting, and twelve peed their fur (or costume). You pick up the fainted pony and carry her over to a nearby stand selling Nightmare Night trinkets. You explain what happened to the stand owner, and he says in awe, "Well dang man. A few more scares and you'll break the record for most scares on Nightmare Night! Rainbow and Pinkie are tied with sixty, but five more and you'll beat their record and become King of Scares!" You look at the stand owner in shock, before thinking, King of Scares huh... I like that! And I'll break that Fillyfooler and the Pink Psycho's record! This is gonna be great, now I'll need to do is find five more ponies to sca- "LOOK OUT BELOW!" You look around in confusion for the pony who said that, when you see ponies pointing above you in shock. You gulp in dread as you slowly look up and see... A waterfall of cider heading straight towards you! You freeze in shock as you think, OH BUC- *SPLASH* Before you can even finish your thought, you get drenched in cider. Now that wouldn't be too bad considering that your costume is waterproof (you read the rest of the warning and found this out, also apparently this costume is magic layered so if someling stabs ya, it'll only go though the costume), but.... "*Gurgling*" You dilled a hole into the top of the helmet to prevent the air inside the helmet from getting too stuffy, so your head is kinda submerged in cider right now. Ponies stare (and hold back laughter) as you slowly walk away to a nearby ally to empty your helmet of cider. As you walk away, you can barely make out someling saying "Sorry", but your head is in cider at the moment so you can't really tell. You just gurgle in annoyance and anger as you walk into the ally... A FEW HOURS LATER, NIGHTTIME Apparently, cider causes your helmet to become like super glue to whatever it touches. So it took you a few pain-inducing hours of almost drowning to finally get it off. But by then you drank all the cider, so honestly it was just a big waste of time. You had just poured the excess cider out of your helmet when you spot something that makes you stare down in horror! The cider puddles spelling out three words you have begun to dread for awhile now, THE NIGHTMARE COMES You back up in horror and think, Oh Luna...not here! Not now! Okay calm Bugze, just breath. I'll just tell the Doctor about this after Nightmare Night. No need to ruin the holiday. With that you compose yourself, and leave the ally. After covering the cider in dirt. As you walk out of the ally, you see that the Nightmare Night festival is in full swing. You sigh and think, Great, I wasted all that time trying to get this blasted helmet off when I could have scared those last five ponies. Oh well, time to play at the game stands and devour any and all unattended candy... That puts a smile on your face. Nightmare Night was always your favorite holiday as you got to wear cool costumes (or just go as your changeling self), eat candy all night, and prank ponies with no consequences. You smile grows out into a full blown grin as you say, "Let's get this Nightmare Night started!" With that, you begin to walk around the festival in search of good games and prizes... Also, you see AJ and Big Red setting up their stand for the night, they aren’t in costume either. You walk up and moan at them You: (moan) BM: (whinnies) AJ: Whoah Nelly! Heh heh, you got us good pardner. BM: Eyup AJ: who’s in there? You just moan again and put your hand to your mouth in a shushing gesture AJ: heh heh, alright fine, yall keep your secrets stranger, but if you want any good wholesome tasty apples later tonight, you know where to find us. And you see AppleJack (dressed as a scarecrow) and Big Red (dressed as some sort of dark baron) setting up their apple bobbing stand for the night. You smirk evily as you sneak behind them... *MOANNNN-WHAM CRASH* You're greeted with two powerful pairs of back hooves that send you smashing through a nearby building (that was fortunately and conveniently abandoned). As you lie in the rubble, you think, In retrospect, sneaking behind a pair of earth ponies who buck trees for a living is a pretty bucking stupid idea... Fortunately, the costume protected you from any serious injury so you just get up and lumber out as AJ and Big Red run up to you. "Whoah Nelly! You okay partner?" she asks in concern. You just nod in response. "Heh heh, I gotta admit you got us good pardner!" Applejack adds "Eyup." Big Red responds. "Who’s in thar, anyway?" You just moan again and put your hoof to your mouth in a shushing gesture, Applejack laughs and says, "Heh heh, alright fine, y'all keep your secrets stranger, but if you want any good, wholesome, tasty apples later tonight, you know where to find us." As you walk away from the two farm ponies, you cackle evilly as you think, Hehehehhe, two down, three more ponies to go till I break that record! You then turn the corner of the street and see... Nightshade interacts with Pipsqueak which causes you to make a threatening Big Daddy moan until Nightshade reprimands you ("Daddy! We're just talking!") The Cutie Mark Crusaders with their schoolmates... and Nightshade talking to a colt! "Nice pirate costume Pip!" Nightshade complements. "Thanks Nightshade! I like your classic Mummy costume. Are those real bandages?" Pipsqueak responds and asks, "Nah... well maybe. I have no clue. My daddy bought them, and they feel real. But they were dirty like this when he gave them to me and he said he got them from the costume part of the store." "Huh, well it still looks cool." *snap* "What is that colt doing talking to my daughter! Grrrrr" you say as your helmet's porthole glows orange and you let out a menacing moan. Pip and the other foals nearby screams in terror, while Nightshade just rolls her eyes and sighs before saying, "Daddy! Were just talking! Nothing is going on over here!" You growls a little bit before saying, "If you say so sweetheart, but I'm watching you..." You make the "I'm watching you gesture" with your drill and whirl it a little for emphassi, causing the pirate colt to gulp in fear. You also can't help but think That's another one down, two more to go till I'm the King of Scares. Later, when night falls you take the Girls trick or treating, and Granny Smith gets left with a bunch of other foals she doesn’t know, but is too tired to know or care. The girls, all love your Big Daddy Costume, and at one point, Night Shade has Applebloom sit on your back with her tattered Bride of Manekenstein bow on and takes a picture. In fact, you carry all four of them on your back like a Big Daddy would, just to look awesome in front of all the other kids and parents. Throughout the night, ponies ask you to take pictures with them because of how cool your costume is, like this were some sort of convention. Unfortunately, you lost sight of Nightshade's group while you were posing for a picture with Button Mash (dressed as a creeper from Minecraft). As you put Button Mash down so he can get back to his mom, you look around and finally notice Nightshade's group way ahead of you. You are about to go after them when... Nightshade and the CMC dash off to the next row of houses. You follow as fast as you can, which is not very well. "Oh, let them run," says a voice behind you. "Indeed, Mr. Tennant. Tonight only comes once a year after all." You turn to see Aloe and Lotus in their Nightmare Night costumes. Each sister's coat stands out against the revealing outfit, and the results are impressive. You are stunned into silence, and by your attempts to hold the blood in your nose. Lotus chuckles. "Don't be so surprised. We know it's you by the way you walk." "Yes," Aloe whispers as she slinks up to you. "We know all about how the body moves..." "Sister!" "Oh, come now, sister. You dressed up just like I did. We can't play with him a little bit?" You are so thankful your face is covered up right now... Lotus sighs and shakes her head. "Please forgive her, Mr. Tennant. We really must be going. Maybe we'll see you at Sweet Apple Acres later tonight?" "Or maybe," Aloe purrs, "we'll see you in the morning, after this heavy thing takes its toll on you. I've been watching those muscles of yours and-" The rest of her statement is cut off as Lotus bites her tail and drags her away. "You're never any fun!" You stand rooted in place until the DFV coughs loudly, the only sound you've heard from it in a long time. "Oh, let them run," says a voice behind you. "Indeed, Mr. Tennant. Tonight only comes once a year after all." You turn to see Aloe and Lotus in their Nightmare Night costumes. Each sister's coat stands out against the revealing outfit, and the results are impressive. You are stunned into silence and by your attempts to hold back the blood in your nose. Lotus chuckles, "Don't be so surprised. We knew it's you by your protectiveness over your daughter and the way you walk." "Yes," Aloe whispers as she slinks up to you. "We know all about how the body moves..." "Aloe!" "Oh, come on Lotus. You dressed up just like I did. Can't play with him a little bit?" You are so thankful your face is covered up right now... Lotus sighs and shakes her head, "Please forgive her, Mr. Tennant. We really must be going. Maybe we'll see you at Sweet Apple Acres later tonight?" "Or maybe," Aloe purrs, "we'll see you in the morning, after this heavy thing takes its toll on you. I've been watching those muscles of yours and all that stress must be making them beg for-eep!" The rest of her statement is cut off as Lotus bites her tail and drags her away. "You're never any fun!" Aloe complains. You stand rooted in place in shock before you shake it off and turn around to follow Nightshade, but before they leave, Aloe gets a mischievous grin on her face as she breaks out of her sister's hold. Lotus shouts at her to stop, but you don't notice as you feel a sudden weight on your back. You shake slightly from whatever the weight is, but manage to stay up as you turn your head behind you to see... Aloe lying on her side on your back suggestively while holding her fan seductively. You blush like mad and blood spurts out of your nose at her pose so close to you. She then giggles as she says, "Lotus, can you please take my picture with Mister Tennant?" You see Lotus eye twitch in annoyance as she takes out a camera form her saddle bag as she says, "As long as you promise not to bug Mister Tennant for the rest of the night, I'll take the picture." Aloe pouts slightly before saying reluctantly, "Fine, fine. Just take the picture!" Lotus sighs as she holds the camera up and says, "Say Nightmare Night!" You simply hold up your drill and let out a moan as usual, but Aloe has other plans as she suddenly... kisses the side of your helmet as the camera flashes! You freeze in shock as a huge amount of blood leaves your nose. Aloe giggles mischievously, and Lotus looks like shes about to scold her, but Aloe quickly says, "Hey Lotus, look, it's Bulk Biceps! Why don't you go over there and try a "Seduc-tality" on him?" Lotus blushes in embarrassment and stammers, "Wha.. would...No, just no Aloe! Stop trying to set me up with every stallion we meet! For the last time, when I find my special somepony, it'll just happen!" "Oh, don't give me that." Aloe says as she hops off you, "I know you want to find your special somepony sooner rather then later, I'm just giving you that extra..." She bumps her hip against Lotus's as she continues, "...shove." "For the last time no!" Lotus firmly confirms before she suddenly gets a mischievous smirk, "You know, I don't think you've tried to hook me up with Mister Tennant. I wonder why? Maybe it's because you li-" "HEY BULK BICEPS! HAVE YOU MET MY SISTER! SHE TOTALLY DIGS STALLIONS WITH BIG MUSCLES AND TINY WINGS!" "YEAHHHHHHH!!!" an overly-muscular pegasus in a fairy costume yells. "WHY YOU LITTLE!" Lotus yells as Aloe runs away and Lotus gives chase. All the while, you stand still as you feel like your whole body is a red tint like in cartoons. You start to stammer in your mind, She... she... she... she... she... she... Snap out of it you puppy! She didn't even touch your cheek, it was just your helmet! You snap out of it as you start to cough as you think, Ye... yes that was it. It was on the helmet... hehehhe... uh... oh, Look a distraction! I'm in your head you idiot, that won't wo- I SAID LOOK A DISTRACTION! The DFV goes quiet as you run (or speed-stumble due to your costume) towards where you saw Nightshade's group going. If someling was looking closely, they can see a tiny green blood drops leaking out of the helmet... Nightshade and the CMC discuss their groundings. Bugze arrives and asks Nightshade if she decided which grounding to go with yet. Well,back to topic,he could visit Vinyl and hear some of the new nightmare-night-animal-head-special-songs. You also See Vinyl in her Soundwave costume, even bigger than your own, playing music through the four Animitronic Freddy Fazbear heads. After speed-stumbling to where you last saw Nightshades group, you finally found them in front of the Nightmare Night stage. As you walk over to them, you hear their conversation, "-took my Scooter and my Skateboard for a month, No stunts till then." Scootaloo says. "I'm banned from going to the arcade for the next two weeks and I have to help gather supplies for my sisters clothes until then too." Sweetie Belle adds. "Well, I have ta clean out all the animal pens." Apple Bloom adds. "My Daddy gave me the choice between giving my Nightmare Night Candy to charity or going without dessert for a week. I'm going to go with the candy..." She smiles cunningly before adding, "but I won't tell him till after I eat it all... Heheheh-" "Oh really?" you say as you walk up behind Nightshade. "Uh-oh." "Busted." "Good Luck Nightshade." "Buck..." "Nice try Nightshade, but thanks for deciding to give your candy to the less fortunate. I'm sure they'll be very thankful." "But dadddddy..." Nightshade whines, "It's my very first Nightmare Night!" "Well on my first Nightmare Night, I was hogtied, an apple was stuffed into my snout, and I was served to some hungry Griffions. You don't get to complain." The fillies look at you in confusion as you shiver at the memory of your bullies back at the Hive tormenting you. I'm REALLY glad grandbuggy happened to be there... You snap out of your flashback when you see Vinyl (dressed in her Soundwave costume) setting up her Nightmare Night stereo on stage. You and the CMC are all a little creeped out that the animatronic heads Vinyl is using as speakers have blood and mucus coming out of their eyes, but you have to give Vinyl credit, she sure knows how to make animitronic heads into speakers. You decide to go and talk to her (or scare her) seeing as how Nightshade's group is in your eye sight, you could have a chat with Vinyl... You scare her into shouting, "AHHHH IT'D THE AUTOBOTS!" and you think evily, Hehehe, one pony left- "Excuse me sir?" You turn around to talk to whoever said that when... Later at the festival, the Mayor is dressed like a Bucking Clown! You: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!(pointing at her and with your voice modulater, it sounds really strange) everyone just looks at you funny MM: Umm…Is everything alright? You: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! MM: Sir? You: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Twilight shuts off your modulater, and your screaming is muffled by your armor. She then continues her speech. You miss what she says, but you do hear Spike talking about how she isn’t scary as a clown You grab him by the arms and shake him You: CLOWNS ARE THE UNHOLY ABOMINATIONS OF DEATH ITSELF! HOW DO YOU NOT FEAR THEM!!! Twilight Slaps you upside the head, which doesn’t hurt with the helmet, but you do stop shaking Spike. You see the Mayor dressed up like a Bucking Clown! You jump back in shock off the stage, pointing a hoof at her and screaming, "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! However, your voice modulater was still on, so it sounds really strange causing everypony to just look at you funny. "Umm…Is everything alright?" the mayor asks, "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" you continue to scream. "Sir?" "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH-*click*" Twilight shuts off your modulator and your screaming is muffled by your armor so the Mayor then continues her speech, You miss what she says, but you do hear Spike (dressed as a dragon) say, "Spooky voice might work better if she wasn't dressed like that." You grab him by the arms and shake him while screaming (although it's muffled by your voice modulator being off), "CLOWNS ARE THE UNHOLY ABOMINATIONS OF DEATH ITSELF! HOW DO YOU NOT FEAR THE-*smack*!!!" Twilight slaps you upside the head (which doesn't hurt with the helmet) making you stop shaking Spike. After you manage to put your voice changer back on (after taking a few good minutes to calm down) you say, "Luna I hate that ma-huh... what happened to my voice?" You get a confused look at how your voice doesn't sound like Subject Delta, but someling else... Suddenly with your new tone in voice, you get a great idea... Get a bit creeped out at Vinyl's new stereo system that's made up of Freddy Fazbear heads, but then sing You quickly get on stage and walk quickly over to Vinyl and whisper the idea to her. She nods her and and says, "No problem dude, let's get Nightmare Night started right!" With that, this begins to play form the animatronic speakers as Vinyl hoofs you a microphone. You nod your head in thanks as you head to the front of the stage. Everyling stopped what they were doing when the music began to play and are looking at you wondering what's going on. You smirk as you... begin to sing! "Colts and fillies of every age Wouldn't you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see This our town on Nightmare Night" "This is Nightmare Night, this is Nightmare Night Pumpkins scream in the dead of night" As you sing that, jack-o-lanterns fall from the sky and get impaled into some spikes at the top of the stage. "This is Nightmare Night, everypony make a scene Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright It's our town, everypony scream In this town on Nightmare Night" Golden Harvest jumps in dressed as a devil, grabs the microphone, and sings, "I am the one hiding under your bed Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red" Minuette jumps on stage next dressed as a surgeon and sings, "I am the cheap quack coming to your door One wrong move and you're bleeding on the floor" You take the microphone back and continue singing, "This is Nightmare Night, this is Nightmare Night Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! In this town we call home Everypony hail to the nightmare song" Mayor Mare jumps out briefly scaring you back a bit as she grabs the microphone and sings, "In this town, don't we love it now Everypony's waiting for the next surprise" Applejack dressed as a Scarescrow takes the microphone form the Mayor and sings, "Round that corner stallion hiding in the trash can Something's waiting no to pounce, and how ya'll scream!" The Drama Trio (wearing a cowpony hat, a bowler hat, and a sombrero) grab the microphone next and sing one after the other, "Scream! This is Nightmare Night Red 'n' black, slimy green Aren't you scared?" Aloe and Lotus bump them off and start to sing while performing a synchronized and... suggestive dance with their fans that get wolf-whistles from the stallions in the audience (and your helmet to fill with noseblood). Aloe winks at you before she and Lotus sing after each other, "Well, that's just fine Say it once, say it twice Take a chance and roll the dice Ride with the moon in the dead of night" Derpy (dressed in paperbags) bumps them offstage while yelling "Hey, there's foals here!" before she realizes she has to sing next so she quickly says, Everypony scream, everypony scream! You briefly wonder on how she got here, but decide to worry about it later. A small filly dressed as a firefighter then sings, "In our town on Nightmare Night" Mayor Mare jumps out briefly scaring you back a bit as she sings, "I am the clown with the rainbow hair Here right now and then going over there" A stallion dressed as the ninth doctor (or is it the actual 9th doctor?) sings, "I am the who when you call, Who's there?" Sassaflash dressed as a pharaoh sings, "I am the royal desert flower mare" Berry Punch dressed as Daring Do comes in next, "I am the explorer discovering lost temples grabbing artifacts before evil can assemble" You grab he microphone from her in annoyance and continue singing, "This is Nightmare Night, this is Nightmare Night Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night!" Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo all adorably jump in next and all sing at once, "Tender lumplings everywhere Life's no fun without a good scare!" Pinkie (dressed as a chicken) and Rainbow Dash (dressed in... an evil Wonderbolts costume?) jump on and sing, "That's our job, but we're not mean In our town on Nightmare Night" The Mayor jumps in, "In this town Don't we love it now Everypony's waiting for the next surprise" You scare her off with the drill before grabbing the microphone back as everypony joins in, "Nightmare Moon might catch you in the back And scream like a banshee Make you jump out of your fur This is Nightmare Night, everypony scream Wont' ya please make way for a very scary mare?" Twilight walks in with Nightshade on her back, Nightshade grabs a torch and sets herself on fire. A pony points this out to you in a panic, but you obliviously respond that she's fine because she's wearing fireproof bandages until you realize this means the exposing of her alicorn form so you panic as everypony else sings, "Our mare Nightmare Moon is the mare in the moon Everypony cower before the Nightmare Queen! This is Nightmare Night, this is Nightmare Night Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night! Nightmare Night!" A flaming Nightshade dives into the fountain, you panic and try to rush over to Nightshade, but trip down the stairs as the CMC get to the fountain and sing, "In this town we call home Everypony hail to the nightmare song" At this point, Nightshade slowly rises out of the fountain in that Nightmare Moon-looking armor causing you to fill with dread, but the ponies keep singing. "Nightmare Night, Nightmare Night, Nightmare Night!" While others sing, La la-la la, la la WEEEEEEEEEE! Nightshade then reveals she asked Twilight to levitate her After a quick bow form you, you go over to Nightshade and hear, "Did you see that filly's costume!" "Yeah, it look so real, like she actually was Nightmare Moon!" "She even had the armor down pat, I wonder were she got it from?" You quickly walk over to Nightshade as you hear more complements of her costume. You chuckle nervously as you finally get to Nightshade. She looks at you with actual stars in her eyes as she says, "`Anata wa watashi no papa o mimashita! Watashi wa anata no yōna... Totemo kūru to hi ni shite subarashī to kūrudatta!" (Did you see me Daddy! I was so cool and on fire and awesome and cool...like you!) You chuckle at her excitement and say, "Yes I did sweetheart, you were amazing. Here are those extra bandages I got just in case your old ones got destroyed." She nods her head in thanks as she starts to put on the bandages, and you smile at how adorable she looks. You then see Zecora, with her mane down and spiders in her hair, putting on a spooky show for the kids. She then starts leading them into the forest and Night Shade follows. You: Wait, where are they going? Spike: They’re gonna learn about the origins of Nightmare Moon You: There’s an origin story? Spike: Ya, how do you not know that? You think back to your previous Nightmare Nights and how all you did was just gorge yourself on candy in your natural form. Nightmare Moon was just a name you associated with monsters under the bed and in the closet, you never really bothered to look up why. Besides, you always thought it was kind of a silly name. You decide to hear this tale yourself You see the lots of fillies and colts, and Pinkie listening to Zecora and her tale. Nightmare Moon just wants to eat children and that’s why they dress up to confuse her. Also, leaving her candy stops her bloodlust You: Heh heh, not really scary if you ask me…kind of funny and kid friendly if anything, although that statue looks awesome… wait, haven’t I seen that before on my shoulder? DFV: A mockery…(Downtrodden) You: What? DFV: A mockery of all that she and I set out to accomplish. You: She? DFV: A festival for fun and children with History forgotten…we accomplished nothing…What was the point? (saddened) You: What are you blathering on about? DFV: …You must think me heartless. You: That’d be a good guess ya DFV: I was born out of the want of love, fueled by jealousy, anger, and betrayal… You: What does… DFV: That’s all I’ve known. For a Millennia, that is all we knew…and then I was betrayed once again by someone I thought was a friend…Cast aside…It’s all I’ve ever known… You: Is there a point to this? DFV: …But I do have other feelings now…I do care for those close to me. You: Ya, ya, I’ve heard it all before, you love Night Shade, my threat from last night still stands DFV: As it should… You: What? DFV: I care for my daughter too much to risk dying by your hoof…and I care for you too much to let you go through with it… You: Come again? DFV: You may think that I’m only saying this because of your threat, or because I want to keep living myself. I do, Heavens above I do…but I want you alive as well You: ummm… DFV: If it weren’t for you, then I wouldn’t be here…I wouldn’t have these new feelings. I wouldn’t have Night Shade… You: Uhh… DFV: I care for you greatly Bugze…I don’t want you to die anymore than I would. So I will try…I will try to fight my nature for you, so that you will never have to decide our fate…I’m sorry… You are thrown for a loop by this admission, also that she called you by name with care in her voice. You: I…uh…Wow…I’m sorry too I guess…but I still mean what I said…but ya...I'm sorry. DFV: I know my friend…I know… You: And look, I care for you too, you’ve saved my life countless times and somehow you did give me Night Shade, so I’ve never seen you as a complete inconvenience… DFV: Thank you… You: And besides, fighting nature is what I do best, what other Changeling do you know that doesn’t take love forcefully? (Besides Grandbuggy, but she’s never met him) You can do it too. DFV: I will try my best… You don’t know how, but you can tell she is smiling. You: OK, this is weird now, can we go back to our usual banter? DFV: I may not kill, but I will beat down all those that threaten our family with righteous fury till they wish they were dead You: And there’s the psycho I know and love (Smile)…listen, I know it may seem like I should’ve asked this a long time ago…but who are you? Really? DFV: Haven’t you already figured it out? You shake your head DFV: (sigh) You know, you really are dense sometimes…I am Nigh…(Gasp) You: What? What is it? DFV: SHE COMES!!! (Anger, Fear, Surprise) You: Who? All of a sudden a chariot pulled by Bat Ponies descends from a storm, looking like an awesome metal band cover. Someone Screams: IT’S NIGHTMARE MOON!!!! RUN!!! It stops above you, and you see a smiling cloaked figure silhouetted by lightning. You: OH BUCK THIS!!!! And you bravely flee with the rest You then see Zecora, with her mane down and spiders in her hair, putting on a spooky show for the kids. She then starts leading them into the forest and Night Shade follows. You walk over to Spike and ask, "Wait, where are they going?" Spike looks over to you and says "They’re gonna learn about the origins of Nightmare Moon" You look at him in confusion as you say "There’s an origin story?" Spike nods his head and says "Ya, how do you not know that?" You chuckle nervously as you say "I've been.,,,living under a rock fur You think back to your previous Nightmare Nights and how all you did was just gorge yourself on candy in your natural form. Nightmare Moon was just a name you associated with monsters under the bed and in the closet, you never really bothered to look up why. Besides, you always thought it was kind of a silly name. You decide to hear this tale yourself You see the lots of fillies and colts, and Pinkie listening to Zecora and her tale. Nightmare Moon just wants to eat children and that’s why they dress up to confuse her. Also, leaving her candy stops her bloodlust Heh heh, not really scary if you ask me…kind of funny and kid friendly if anything, although that statue looks awesome… wait, haven’t I seen that before on my shoulder? You then hear the DFV say in a downtrodden tone A mockery… What? A mockery of all that she and I set out to accomplish. She? The DFV ignores your question as she says in a sad tone A festival for fun and children with History forgotten…we accomplished nothing…What was the point? What are you blathering on about? …You must think me heartless. That’d be a good guess ya. I was born out of the want of love, fueled by jealousy, anger, and betrayal… What does… That’s all I’ve known. For a Millennia, that is all we knew…and then I was betrayed once again by someone I thought was a friend…Cast aside…It’s all I’ve ever known… You give a annoyed sigh as you think Is there a point to this? …But I do have other feelings now…I do care for those close to me. Ya, ya, I’ve heard it all before, you love Night Shade, my threat from last night still stands As it should… Yeah yeah yea whatever you sa-Say what now? You ask in complete surprise I care for my daughter too much to risk dying by your hoof…and I care for you too much to let you go through with it… Come again? You may think that I’m only saying this because of your threat, or because I want to keep living myself. I do, Heavens above I do…but I want you alive as well ummm… If it weren’t for you, then I wouldn’t be here…I wouldn’t have these new feelings. I wouldn’t have Night Shade… Uhh… I care for you greatly Bugze…I don’t want you to die anymore than I would. So I will try…I will try to fight my nature for you, so that you will never have to decide our fate…I’m sorry… You are thrown for a loop by this admission, also that she called you by name with care in her voice. I…uh…Wow…I’m sorry too I guess…but I still mean what I said…but ya...I'm sorry. I know my friend…I know… And look, I care for you too, you've saved my life countless times and somehow you did give me Night Shade, so I’ve never seen you as a complete inconvenience… Thank you… And besides, fighting nature is what I do best, what other Changeling do you know that doesn’t take love forcefully, and now not at all for some reason. (Besides Grandbuggy, but she’s never met him) You can do it too. I will try my best… You don’t know how, but you can tell she is smiling. OK, this is weird now, can we go back to our usual banter? I may not kill, but I will beat down all those that threaten our family with righteous fury till they wish they were dead And there’s the psycho I know and love (Smile)…listen, I know it may seem like I should’ve asked this a long time ago…but who are you? Really? Haven’t you already figured it out? You shake your head (sigh) You know, you really are dense sometimes…I am Nigh…(Gasp) What? What is it? The DFV suddenly shouts in anger, pain, and sadness SHE COMES!!! Who? All of a sudden a chariot pulled by Bat Ponies descends from a storm, looking like an awesome metal band cover. You would have admired it if someling didn't just shout "IT’S NIGHTMARE MOON!!!! RUN!!!" It stops above you, and you see a smiling cloaked figure silhouetted by lightning. Seeing this, you do the stallionist think possible OH BUCK THIS!!!! And you bravely flee with the rest. As you try to get away, you seeTwilight gets swept up in the frightened mob and is dragged off and you try to follow them, but you slam *clang* Right into the Nightmare Moon statue. The impact sends you sprawling backwards, which causes you to bounce across the ground till you land right in front of the cloaked figure. As you dizzily look up form your prone position, you see the figure take off their hood and what you see fills you with both fear and dread. For you see... Princess Luna, ruler of the night, and the number one pony who wants Nightshade... gone. There is only one thing you can think of at this moment... BUCK YOU LADYYYYYYYY LUCKKKKKKK!!! [ What do you do?