Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 2
By TDR
It crosses your path,
Nightmare Night Bonus Episode.
[ Canterlot, 6 years left until the return of Nightmare Moon]
“….... and at the end there was no way X equaled 7 ¾. Woooooooooooo!” Twilight concluded.
Spike, Rahs, Cadence, and Shining Armor all blinked nearly in unison as Twilight finished her ghost story about imaginary numbers in math. The group staring at her uncomprehendingly finally made the purple filly let out a huff of annoyance.
“Well if you studied higher mathematics, that story is downright terrifying.” Twilight protested.
A crack of thunder made the group wince as they all looked to the window to the pouring rain outside beating down on the glass.
“I can't believe Princess Celestia canceled Nightmare Night.” Spike pouted.
“She didn't cancel it Spike, it fell on the middle of the week this year and it's a school day. All the festivities have been moved to Friday.” Cadence explained again with the air of some pony who has explained this fifty times already and still had the question asked.
“That's not Nightmare Night. That's November. The most boring month of the year, nothing happens in November. “ Spike protested.
“Not true. November has , Saddle Hawkins Day, King Tut Day. Lets see, there's Gull Fawkes Day, though why any one want's to celebrate a Griffon that tried to kill a bunch of other griffons so he could try and get his favored religious and political beliefs back in charge, is beyond me.” Twilight added. “There's also National Square Dance Day, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day, and World Toilet Day.”
“None of that sounds remotely interesting.” Spike grumbled.
“Woof.” Rahs added.
“Yeah, I guess Black Friday's kinda fun, all the holiday toy catalogs come out.” Spike grinned.
“Exactly. It's far less boring than February.” Twilight ranted." There is nothing worth anything in that month."
“Hey now.” Cadence protested at the slight the filly leveled against her favorite holiday of the year, Hearts and Hooves Day.
"Calm down Cady I'm sure she'll understand the importance of discount candy day on February 15th soon enough." Shining grinned, only to get hit in the face with a pillow as Cadence glared at him.
The group of them were spread out on pillows in a dark room with only a lamp in between them. Long shadows were cast on the walls as they had opted to pass their time with horror stories before it was time for Twilight, Rahs, and Spike to go to bed.
Granted the first one attempted hadn't been scary at all to any one other than Twilight.
“Okay does any one else have a story?” Shining Armor asked rolling his eyes.
“I've got one.” Spike chimed.
“Spike if this is a sequel to 'The dark Cave of Darkness' that you told us when we went camping in the summer, keep in mind the only one that scared was you. And you kept having nightmares about it all weekend.” Shining Armor smirked.
“I don't got one.” Spike corrected.
“Fine my turn then.” Shining chuckled. “It's a short one though.”
Shining Armor cleared his throat. “ The last pony alive on Equss sat back in his chair reading. Then there was a knock on his door.”
There was a pause as every one looked at him.
“Well go on.” Cadence urged.
“What do you mean go on. That was it.” Shining Armor offered.
“ So what a griffon knocked on the door?”
“What no, I said he was the last pony alive on Equss.” Shining responded.
“A griffon's not a pony, neither are burros, Moon Dogs, or zebra.” Twilight pointed out.
“Or Dragons. Kinda sucks there's only one pony left though... did the others go to the moon?” Spike considered.
“Whaaa what... arggggh....” Shining Armor grumbled burying his head in his hooves.
“I may have one.” Cadence smiled.
“Oh really? If it scares me too bad will you help me get sleep?” Shining Muttered with a small grin.
Cadence stuck her tongue out at him and looked back to the others who still didn't quite get the flirting.
“Well I've been reading a lot of my aunts old books here and there and I found this tale.” Cadence offered.
“Have you ever trotted into a room and found a vampire? No, I don't mean the sexy kind from some of those books Rahs reads and pretends he doesn't, but a foul creature with black carapace, limbs dotted with hole filled limbs and bug like eyes? The sort that snarls as you enter, freezing you in place with a hypnotic flicker of power and dancing green flame? Leaving you frozen in the moment as it slinks closer to you tracing it's tongue along your neck as if seeming to be ready to sink it's fangs into a vein and draw out your life's blood? Only to find it's not blood it seeks but something else, something you wouldn't even know you were missing as it feeds. Have you felt the sicking dread as the magic's of the thing warp your mind, adjusting your very memory?” Cadence let out a small huff of breath.” perhaps I should ask that another way... have you ever trotted into a room and forgotten why you came in?”
The small group stared at the pink foal sitter blinking slowly at the mare.
“What?” Cadence asked.
“That was may more creepy than scary.” Spike stated.
“Bark.” Rahs added.
“Yeah what he said , it sounds almost like you experienced this personally.” Twilight considered.
“Such a horribly scary story, can I sleep in your bed tonight?” Shining Armor smirked only for Cadence to hit him in the face with a pillow.
“Woof!” Rahs said excitedly.
“Really you know something?” Spike asked.
Rahs grinned grabbing up the lantern holding the glowing thing under his chin, his long ears giving his shadow a malevolent look on the wall behind him.
“Bark... grrrr... yipe... . Howl … grrr....” There was a dramatic pause. “ WOOF!” He cried out the last.
Twilight and Spike both shrieked and dove under their blankets as Rahs cackled menacingly.
“Oookay and with that... it's time for bed.” Cadence frowned... “Come on, go brush your teeth, lets go....”
"That wasn't a no." Shining Armor called out.
Cadence sighed ushering the trio up and into the bathroom.
Must have been some story
Nice foreshadowing with the changelings.
That said, have some Thriller
You sure you want her to Shiny
Not yet
Edit: I was wrong
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It was, but what really made it was the twist at the end. :D
Poor Shining. That story doesn't work in a world with multiple intelligent species walking around.
Shining you dolt, you forgot about Discount Candy Day on Nov 1st.
He meant 'the last person'.
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He said the equivalent of "Man" when he meant "person".
GAH! Those churros were terrifying! I mean, how did they… and the kumquat rinds… with an anvil chorus… WD-40…
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And the day after the first Sunday following the first full moon of spring…
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You’re also forgetting about the season 3 finale. The swap that happened because of Starswirl’s incomplete only affected the element bearers. The EoH were also directly used in the cure for that condition.
Also, watch the season 7 finale. Those pretty necklaces are used again for what they were used for in the first episode.
Twilight... that was not how you end the ghost story. It sounded more like you were cheering your favorite sport team or something.
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I agree with that. 100% in character of RD in your story.(Especially if considerate that they friendship wasn't tested in season one final or season two premier in your AU. So it was bond to happened one way or another.) But with how you portrayed mane six, I not seeing anyone take that spat as harsh as Twilight did. Also don't take my criticism to heart. I mostly do it as way sharpen my speech and try to guess were story(one that comment at the moment) going.(I come out douche sometime with out meaning to.) And don't take my comments/theories as advice.(I didn't write a single story yet.)
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I'm not taking it badly and i do enjoy constructive or at least well mannered critique. Honestly i've only gone off one one guy but that's cause he hit a sore point with me in his first line. But i digress. I like to explain things, try to give every one a feel where i'm coming from mentally if an issue crops up is all.
Hey, it could be a chicken.
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you're forgetting the veggie candy raids on the Sleepy Hallow's food supply
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I'd say with Gilda its more of a gray area, because while Gilda is kind of a bitch, her reaction was because Pinkie spent all day preventing her from soending time with RD. Gilda got angry because she thought Pinkie was trying to humuliate her, and generally everyone involved didn't do what they probably should have. *shrugs* Just throwing it out there because RD left Gilda for Pinkie, and her friends have driven her away.
You know, it occurs to me that, with Twilight being smarter and more mature, and Rahs being able to eat magic, the Canterlot Wedding's main problem can be easily solved. Just ask "Cadance" to give the puppy-kitty some magic to eat. Refusing or hesitating will set of a number of alarms, the feedback might undo the disguise, and even if not, there's no way Chrysalis' magic will taste the same as Cadance's.
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I wanna know what he said, I can't read Moon Dog, please translate this? Anyone?
This was a very cute little bonus bit, just, adorable.
Yes, only Twilight could try to make a story about math that doens't add up scary. Then again we had EQG-Rarity try to tell a horror story about wearing clothes with clashing colors.
NMN would, by all logic, not fall on a weekend 4 out of seven times, so odd it's that big a deal if Spike is old enough to be taking part in this and hasn't happened before.
I know you are pegging it to V-Day, but really, H&HD always felt more like Spring time to me, no snow around, and it makes sense for Ponies.
Meh, Feb 15 candy day isn't all that reat, most of the candy is just, meh. Now the Nov 1 one is a true holiday. But by far the best, is the post Easter Discount Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs day.
Yeah the Last man alive horror story, don't work to well in this context.
Hmmm, so Changlings created the classic myths about vampires, interesting, and I can kind of see it.
Yeah, Rahs, damn that's scary... good job!
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So it would be in August, September, or... also in October?
Or maybe the months are out of order in Equestria, so that spring is February, May, and July or something?
Because if you look at how the months are named, February essentially means "the month with V-Day in it" (or strictly speaking, the Roman festival of Februa (or Lupercalia) of which Valentine's Day is the closest Christian equivalent, due to its modern association with sex*).
*However, the resemblance of Februata with either the modern or historical V-Day, or for that matter between the modern and historical V-Days, is highly overstated. The original Valentine's Day was not sexual or romantic at all, and the first evidence of its romanticisation is from Chaucer in 1382's Parlement of Foules. Meanwhile, Februa was more of a fertility festival than a romantic one and its most similar aspect to the modern V-Day, Juno Februa, may be a retroactive imposition of the modern V-Day onto the ancient Romans.
Like the Edgar Allan Poe story?
Slenderman/pony by Rahs Sparkle! ♡
Cadance remember previous feedings
Nice
Dr. Who the Silence are actually Changelings
Technically there are at least two other discount candy days. The day after Nightmare Night (Halloween), when the stores try to get rid of the themed candy, and the days after Hearths Warming (insert whatever end of year holiday you celebrate here), to also get rid of all the themed candy
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Technically the winter one is "normal price" candy day as they already jack up the price above normal for the "special" candies. Certain types are actually cheaper if you get the non- holiday versions.
Aaaa yesss... Rahs knows a good story:
As someone who's up to date on the series, she probably has