Due to a recent string of ponynappings in Manehatten, some of the ponies in Ponyville are considering the cancellation of Nightmare Night for safety. However, this saddens Twilight because she finally came up with a scare tactic for this year's Nightmare Scare that doesn't include Luna. Using her influence, she convinces the town to hold Nightmare Night and allow her to continue her plan.
However things don't go as expected. When Twilight comes back from Whitetail Woods with the foals, Twilight is hyperventilating and scared out of her mind while the foals are mentally broken. The next day, Twilight seems to be the only one to remember anything. Just what in Equestria did she see?
My first Dark Fic. My only regret was that for once I couldn't come up with an interesting name.
Big Thanks to Lightning Sword and Ersmiller for their help with looking over this mess.
Wow, Celestia acts intelligently in a horror story, that's a new one.
Well, teaching by example is an effective technique. Though given the news blackout, he's going to have to start mailing body parts to the news papers.
Good ending, always the key to a good horror piece. Properly macabre but without full-on grimdark. I feel like I would have understood this better if I'd known more about Shift, was he some sort of crossover villain from Kingdoms of Heart?
5212703 Nope. No crossover here unless religion counts
Absolutely fantastic. Honestly, I do think this is kind of a crossover because of the religious imagery, but I also think a tragedy tag would be appropriate, as it definitely gives off the chills and regret that all good tragedy does.
Silly Twilight. Children only scream when they want attention or to punish their parents for not letting them do something. Actual danger is the last thing that would make them scream.
Oh damn, now I see why the 'dark' tag is on this story... O_O
Omg, I want to stop reading this thing but something keeps me on it...
Damn, this was... somthing... Do I regret reading this? I don't even know...
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7098668 I didn't say the story was bad, it was great! It's just that I've never read a darkfic before.
7100646 lol no I'm not angry. I'm glad you read it. And tbh I haven't read very many either, I just wanted mine to have a story behind it rather than senseless death.
So f*cking disturbing....
I loved it