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Clap and a half!

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It's almost Nightmare Night and Apple Bloom can't wait. However, she soon finds a kitten in a bowl of candy corn and decides to help find it a home.

Cover art by Jacob Bading

Chapters (12)
Comments ( 22 )

The end! :pinkiegasp:

Hmmm... Thumbs up definitely.

The filly smiled, grabbed three more apples, and took one bite out of each

That's the same thing my sister used to do [She'd take a bite of every fruit in the Bowl and turn it around so it looks good [She did this regularly though:facehoof:

The story is starting off pretty good. A simple slice of life i see. However there are quite a few things that needs to be mentioned. I'll start with the grammar mistakes.

It also met big bucks for selling apples.

Meant*

A.J could all ready see Filthy Rich paying handsomely.

this should say 'already'

"She's a villein in Batcolt."

Villain*

"In my days we didn't have superheros and villeins named after animals."

Superheroes* and Villain*

Sweetie Bell, Scootalo, and I have all ready figured out the rout we're gonna go on."

Sweetie Belle*, Scootaloo*, already*, and route*

"Apple Bloom. Ye can't take Winona."

Ya* (since this is Applejack speaking.)

"But Pinkie Pie said that Scootalo and I can help her brainstorm for party games."

Scootaloo*

"What about Sweetie Bell?"

Sweetie Belle* (almost all of the times you named these two, their names were spelled wrong.)

"Hi Dashi."

Dashie* (That's the spelling of the nickname Pinkie gave her.)

" Hanging doughnuts and cookies? That's my favorite!" Rainbow explained.

not a big deal, but there is a space between the quotation start and the first word. Also, instead of explained, put exclaimed.

She's been in the same standing positioned for one hour.

Position*

That's all the misspellings I noticed. Now to the other kinds of grammar mistakes.

"Catmare?" Granny Smith walked into the kitchen and poured herself some warm apple cider.
"Who in the hay is that?"

Not necessary to add the second part to her speech on another line. Just merely add it after the action she performed. ex:

"Catmare?" Granny Smith walked into the kitchen and poured herself some warm apple cider. "Who in the hay is that?"

"Really? Then what were their names?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Ironstallion, Ghost Killers, and Captain Zoo just to name a few." Smith answered.
The filly reached for a pear from the fruit basket on the table.
"I can't wait for Friday! Sweetie Bell, Scootalo, and I have all ready figured out the rout we're gonna go on."

It seems like there is a gap between Granny Smith giving names of heroes and Applebloom going straight to talking about the route. It makes it seem like she ignored what her granny said. I don't know if this is true, but if it's not, try to add something there. A suggestion would be this:

"Really? Then what were their names?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Ironstallion, Ghost Killers, and Captain Zoo just to name a few." Smith answered.
"Oh, cool names." The filly said as she reached for a pear from the fruit basket on the table. "I can't wait for Friday! Sweetie Bell, Scootalo, and I have all ready figured out the rout we're gonna go on."

If she did ignore her then Applebloom, you are one rude filly.

"Can we bring Winona with us." Apple Bloom pleaded.

Question mark instead of a period.

"Apple Bloom. Ye can't take Winona."

Comma instead of a period.

"Identifying slimy things in jars." Scootalo said.
Suddenly, Apple Bloom opened the front door panting.
"Sorry I'm late." she breathed.

Weird way to start a break in your story. I honestly don't have any idea to fix it either, so i'll just leave as is. Might be best to add a bit more explanation next time tho.

The filly jumped of the chair and galloped towards the blue pegasus. Giving her a hug.

Comma instead of a period after pegasus. Also change to 'off'

Rainbow Dash gave the filly a playful noogie. Which calmed the orange pegasus.

Same as last: Comma instead of period.

"Ugh. Now you're making me hungry." she moaned.
Rainbow and Scootalo laughed while Apple Bloom shook her head smiling.
The two fillies waved goodbye to Rainbow and Pinkie before heading outside.
"Let's check on Sweetie Bell." suggested Scootalo.

The break in story that you put here either isn't needed, or needs to be adjusted. An example is this:

"Ugh. Now you're making me hungry." she moaned.
Rainbow and Scootalo laughed while Apple Bloom shook her head smiling.
The two fillies waved goodbye to Rainbow and Pinkie before heading outside.
"Let's check on Sweetie Bell." suggested Scootalo.
Apple Bloom nodded her head and then the fillies headed towards Carousal Boutique.
{Insert Break Here}
The duo arrived at the boutique. As soon as they got close, they heard a voice come from one of the open windows.
"Sweetie Bell stop moving." Rarity commanded.

That would make more sense. Just a suggestion tho. Also, and I just noticed this now, Carousel is spelled wrong. Its spelled by how i just spelled it. :twilightsmile:

When the two fillies entered the boutique, Rarity looked over her shoulder and motioned them to come over here.

Change 'here' to 'to her'. Makes more sense that way.

Rarity sighed and then levitated her sister out of the dress.

Knowing Rarity's personality, instead of lifting her sister out of the dress, she would rather lift the dress off of Sweetie Belle. just switch that up a bit.

"Can we try them on?" Apple Bloom asked.
Sweetie Bell looked at her sister who nodded her head.
"I'm Catmare!" shouted Apple Bloom.

A bit of information seems to be missing here after Rarity allows them to try the dresses on. I'll give another example.

"Can we try them on?" Apple Bloom asked.
Sweetie Bell looked at her sister who nodded her head. They then took their dresses and proceeded to put them on, Rarity helping with some minor pieces.
"I'm Catmare!" shouted Apple Bloom as she came out here dressing room.

Again, this is only a suggestion, so take it as you will.

She was dressed in black silk that covered her body, her face was concealed by a plastic cat mask with realistic looking whiskers, and a feathered tail was attached to her bottom.
"Watch out soul eaters!" Sweetie Bell shouted.
She was dressed in a simple brown and black robe with a snowy owl pin attached to it, she had black rimmed glasses and drew a lightning bolt on her forehead.
"What are ya suppose to be again?" Bloom asked.
"I'm Henry Poker." Sweetie answered.
"And I'm the most awesomeness mare in Equestria!" Scootalo jumped out of the red curtains.
She was painted in blue and had a rainbow wig and tail, Rarity put a fake tattoo of a cloud with a rainbow colored lightning bolt, and even put violet contacts in the filly's eyes.

Those commas need to be replaced with a period except the ones after whiskers and bolt. Those need to be removed completely.


Those are all the grammatical mistakes i could find. Now another thing is Applejack's name. It is always combined like i just wrote. Applebloom's i'm not so sure of but I put it together too. However, I know for a fact that Applejack's name is combined.

Another thing is their speaking patterns. It seems you don't know if you want to use their country accent of not. If you do, I suggest looking at a page that helps to make writing their speech easier.

Lastly, I want to point out the spacing and indents. Now, these aren't really necessary, but it does make reading more comfortable for the reader. A space after each finished paragraph or speech is nice. The indenting is on and off for you. You have it in some places, but not everywhere it's needed. Its best to decide if you want to or not and stick with it.

Thats all I have to criticize. I wont repeat the mistakes on later chapters, but will point out any extras. The story is still good tho. :twilightsmile:

I see the same repeated mistakes and grammar misspellings, but nothing other than that. Good on ya. Im interested on the next chap. Reading on!

Also,

"I didn't mean it litter...hay this water tastes like salt water taffy!

A sea of salt water taffy? Yum! ^
Fix that to 'hey' also :twilightsmile:

"The color's defiantly wrong, but I bet he has some Burmese ancestry in him."

I think you meant Definitely, not defiantly.:twilightsmile:

Button Mash yelped in terror and bolted off the path. Making Sweetie Bell fall over onto the wet carpet of leaves that littered the forest floor.
Apple Bloom galloped to where the orange filly was lying. "You ok?" she asked urgently.

uh, Sweetie Belle isn't orange..... Is she?
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It was all she could do not to scream out loud when a tall, stripped figure stepped onto the path.

Striped*

I wouldn't say comedy, more just a slice of Life with a mix of sadness Just my opinion tho. It doesn't warrant a tago for sad tho.

Silver Spoon laughed too, but quietly. As if he felt uncomfortable.

She*

Rainbow Dash picked the filly up and Fluttershy took the energetic into her arms

You seem to be missing a word here. Reread it and you will know what i mean.

Yes! They deserved that for messin with Zecora! :twilightsmile:

that was a very good read. It did end rather abruptly and I kinda got lost at what they were talking about at the end, but i kinda figured it as what Luna did in the Nightmare night episode. Fix the grammar mistakes and you have yourself a good story.

10 out of 10 for Slice of Life
5 out of 10 for Alternate Universe
6 out of 10 for grammar
8 out of 10 for overall story.

A like will be sent your way. good job :twilightsmile:

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Thank you so much for taking the time to review this story!

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Welcome. Thanks for the good read.

I enjoyed it. Very cute. I liked all the spoofs (Batman and Harry Potter, etc.). It brings back such fond childhood memories of Halloween past. A suggestion for improvement would be to include a little more description, and a little less dialogue. Overall, a wonderful read. Thanks for posting!

5101202 Thank you and I'll try to add more detail. :twilightsmile:

When she opened it, a brown filly with a propeller hat was shifting uncomfortably when he met Sweetie Bell's eyes.

Pretty sure he's a colt

Sweetie Bell looked at the kitten's stomach. "It's a boy." she said.

You don't need to correct anything, this is just a bit of a fact. You can't figure out the sex of a cat like you do a dog, you look under their butt, for lack of a less vulgar term, and for the two lumps. That indicates male. Neutered cats and females don't have these.

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