Set in the universe of Chess Game of the Gods.

Edit: Hooray! Finally have a decent -if not noobish- coverart. What can I say; I'm all hooves with digital arts programs.

The land of Equestria is a strange, wondrous, and dangerous place to outsiders; monsters roam freely, dragons control the skies, and then there's the Celestial Princesses who control the sun and moon. Considering these giants among ponies where do I fit in; a small black cat with bad luck and a few little surprises. It's not surprising I have bad luck here; before I came here I was just going to the doctors for a check-up but find out I have a terminal disease that I've never heard of! Then some raven-haired doctor wearing a suit comes in after hours and offers me a cure... in the form of a new body so hey, silver lining.

Rated Teen for swearing and possibly other stuff that I might add if the moment hits me.
***Edit: The tags Gore and Dark have been added, not everything will be gore and dark; they're simply for moments like... Ripping a ghoul's clean off in a spray of black blood or a little girl ghost leading people to be eaten.***

I've been around in this world for several years now and I've realized that I am not like the others of my kind. Most of them are greedy, rude, and stupid beings, they could probably take off the 'stupid' label if they just learned something besides; "Dig holes, obey Alphas, eat gems." I've only learned what little I have because the ponies do not keep their books locked up, if it wasn't for that then I wouldn't be where I am today; studying so many different things that it makes my head spin. This is a story of my life among the ponies; my name is Gem Stone, I'm a Diamond Pup, and I'm going to change the world.

A darkness like no other, on a night quite like this
Where mysteries lurk and phantoms hide
A mare without question, can raise up quite a hiss
Stupefy them like no other and if you must lie
For this night comes but once a year and finish it with a great surprise~
It's time to leave them in fear and make them wish to see the sunrise~
For this Nightmare Night will be like no other, here's hoping none die.

Good Nightmare Night to all you little ponies and bronies. I was sitting here waiting for the storms and it hit me; why not make a Nightmare Night one shot and here it is. Please bear in mind since it was such short notice that there are quite a few errors. They are being sorted out by my temp editor, it was only up to keep it on Nightmare Night, thank you for your understanding and the corrected version should be up soon. My great editor fixed it and now it's correctly punctuated.

Well, here we are I guess. Making deals with hot girls in a library sounds a little weird... okay its a lot weird. My name is Shinza Monk, I'm a college student trying to finish up my Cryptozoology courses to become a Cryptozoologist. I was studying in the library for an upcoming paper on medieval mythology. when some girl with fiery red hair with red and black clothes asked me for some of my research books and starts shooting the breeze. Anyways long story short I'm on a planet called Equus. Gods I can't believe I just said that, I can hardly believe it myself, but there's creatures everywhere Manticores, Kappas, unicorns, pegasi, and dragons! If I compile a Tome of Monsters for Tanya, I get any reward I could possibly want to some extent. So here's to doing the impossible, NOT dying, all the pretty cat girls, unicorns, and all that nonsense.

Story is rated Teen for blood, gore, forms of swearing, and forms of adult-based humor. No ponies, diamond dogs, dragons, naga, ect. were actually harmed in the making of this fanfic. Thank you and have a nice day.