T'was a long time ago
Longer now that it seems
In a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams
For the story you are about to be told
Took place in the holidays world of old
Now you've probably wondered where holidays have come from
If you haven't I say it's time you begun
Pumpkins litter every part of the small town on the chilly October night. Pieces of dead leaves and debris fly by in the upcoming breeze. Scarecrows with signs are placed on the outside of this spooky town. A brown piece of wood with black paint that reads, Nightmare Town. Shadows on tombstones begin there welcoming soliloquy.
Mares and colts of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange
Come with us and you will see
This out town of nightmares
This is Nightmare Night
This is Nightmare Night
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Nightmare Night, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the fillies gonna die of fright
It's out town, everypony scream
In this town of Nightmares
I am the one hiding under you bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
I am the one hiding in the trees
Mane like snakes and spiders in my tail
This is Nightmare Night
This is Nightmare Night
Nightmare Night
Nightmare Night
Nightmare Night
Nightmare Night
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everypony's waiting for the next surprise
Round that corner, mare hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce and howl you'll
Scream! This is Nightmare Night
Red 'n' black, slimy green
Aren't you scared?
Well that's just fine
Say it once
Say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Fly with the moon in the dead of night
Everypony scream, everypony scream
In our town of nightmares
I am the colt with the tear away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your mane
I am the shadow in the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
This is Nightmare Night
This is Nightmare Night
Nightmare Night, Nightmare Night, Nightmare Night
Nightmare Night
Tender lumplings everywhere
Life's no fun without a good scare
That's out job, but we're not mean
In our town of nightmares
In this town
Don't we love it now
Everypony's waiting for the next surprise
Rainbow Dash might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee
Make you jump out of your skin
This is Nightmare Night, everypony scream
Won't ya please make way for a very special mare
Our girl Dash is queen of Shadow Bolts
Everyone hail to the Cloud Queen now!
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
La la la la-la-la
La la la la-la-la
La la la la-la-la
La la la
Weeeeee!
A pegusas flew through the air leaving the stream of dull rainbows behind her. The purple and black Shadow Bolt costume she wore was tight on her coat. It was comfortable and felt right. She looped and flipped as the stream followed behind her. All the other little fillies and colts watched her with admiration and wonder. She was leader of them all. She was their queen. The Cloud Queen. The master of jokes and pranks, scares and screams alike. She was the all loved and the all amazing.
Rainbow Dash.
All the ponies watched as their beloved leader tore through the air. Dash had practiced all year for this moment. The dull rainbows that held to her tail tore with her as she turned quickly speeding right into the town fountain. The fountain was a prize part of Nightmare Town. It showed a large unicorn with its mouth gapped open, a green liquid substance flowed out of the pony's mouth. She tore into the liquid, her Shadow Bolt costume came off only revealing Dash to be in her signature black and white pin-stripe suit. Dash stayed in there holding her breath for a while till the chants and songs of her beloved towns' people began to grow and grow. They could no longer contain themselves.
She slowly rose from the green substance. Her gray spectrum mane was wet, but she shock most of the liquid out. All the town's people had arrived to see Rainbow Dash. She levitated mid-air, her wings flapping. The town's people sang and shouted. Dash had grown to love each and everyone of them. They all had an important roll in her life. They all had something to do with this great town. Nightmare Town was amazing because of all the mares and stallions that lived there, it would be nothing without them.
Dash held out one hooves to her ponies. They all cheered and smiled, Dash smiled too. She bowed and spread her hooves out to the ponies as a couple of witch pegusai laughed their evil cackle. A large were-unicorn howled at the bright full moon.
"IT'S OVER!" One stallion yelled, jumping into the air. A Frankenstein earth pony that stood next to him held up a hooves in a high five.
"We did it," he exclaimed in a dumbed down voice.
"Wasn't it terrifying?" A mare were-unicorn asked the group of monster ponies that surrounded her.
"What a night!," the others said playfully punching each other.
"Great Nightmare Night everypony," Mayor Mare cheered. She was another symbol of Nightmare Town. Her normal two sided face was now turned to her happy side. It was never a good thing when she wore her white worried face. Dash was glad to see the Mayor happy on the count she always seemed so worried. Her black suit was worn on her well with a spider bow-tie. Not as awesome and scary as Dash's, but she never said anything.
"I believe it was our most horrible yet," Rainbow cheered smiling at the ponies as she walked out of the fountain and onto the cobble stone ground, "Thank you everypony!"
"No," Mayor Mare insisted, "Thanks to you Dash, without your brilliant leadership-"
"Not at all, Mayor," Dash said cutting the beloved Mayor off.
"You such a scream Dash," Said a vampire earth pony in a thick accent. Dash was complimented by the remark but felt that maybe it was too much for only one pegusai. Everypony tried their hardest when it came to Nightmare Night.
"Your a witch's fondest dream," said one of the witch pegusai, tipping her black, wide brimmed hat toward her.
"You make walls fall Dash," said a small witch filly. Her large hat seemed to eat her head while her small wings could barely get her off the ground.
Behind all the commotion stood a small pegusas. Her red mane was long and lay almost on the ground. The mare had a long tail as well, the same red color as her mane. Her coat was a dull yellow with stitches sown up all along her. The pegusas wore a patch work dress she had made from assorted fabrics. She looked like just a patch work mare sown together in pony skin. Underneath her coat was stuffing and organs. Only the ones that were needed to keep her alive. Her name was Fluttershy.
Fluttershy stayed away from all of the commotion, but only wished she could draw up the courage to go up to Dash. Fluttershy had always envied Rainbow Dash. She was brave and got much attention while 'Shy had to stay in the back, fearing she would be caught by her master.
"Walls fall? You made the very mountains crack Dash," Fluttershy could hear the first witch say.
Sudden something tugged on her tail with magical power. Fluttershy gasped as she was tugged on.
"The deadly night shade you slipped me wore off 'Shy," said the pony that was using her magic to tug on Fluttershy's tail. A purple unicorn sat in a wheel chair. The mare was Fluttershy's creator and well, 'Shy never treated the unicorn with much respect. But what the mare lost in immobility she made up for in how smart she was and how talented she was in magic. Twilight Sparkle was the town genius with a large opening cranium so she could see the source off all her knowledge. 'Shy couldn't help but admit she was rather afraid of her master.
"Let go," Fluttershy pleaded at the doctor still was a hold of the pegusai's tail.
"You're not ready for so much excitement," the unicorn said.
"Yes I am," 'Shy argued.
The purple doctor began to turn around in her wheel chair using her magic to move the dial while still keeping a hold of Fluttershy.
"You coming with me," Twilight said pulling on Fluttershy as she tried to fly away.
"No I'm not," the pegusai grunted using all of her strength to try and fly away. She hated how the doctor treated her. Twilight never let 'Shy leave her room up in the tower. She was always stuck. Sometimes Fluttershy wanted some fresh air. Like Dash. Dash got to do whatever she wanted, then again, Fluttershy wasn't the town hero.
Fluttershy began to pull and pull until finally one on the threads that connected her hoof to her shoulder slipped and they both fell with the force they were both pulling. Twilight fell out of her wheelchair and onto the ground. Fluttershy began to fly away.
"Come back you foolish oaf," Dr Twilight screamed as Fluttershy began to fly away. Fluttershy though really hard and began using her stray leg to hit the doctor on the head as she grunted with pain.
While all this was going on a large crowd began to form around and above Rainbow Dash. All the ponies wanted to talk to her, give her praise.
"Ooo Dash," one of the black lagoon ponies said holding up a slimy hoof to her, "You make wounds ooze and flesh crawl."
Here in Nightmare Town, that was a compliment.
"Thank you," Dash said backing up trying to get away from all the ponies, "Thank you, thank you, thank you- very much."
Dash tried to express her love to her fellow ponies, but she needed time to herself. Dash wanted to be able to breath without having ponies all around her. She needed her space. And just in time Mayor Mare's voice could be heard as her voice boomed over the microphone.
"Hold it," she barked all the ponies looked at her including Dash, "We haven't given out the prizes yet!"
All the ponies cheered and screamed as they flew of walked over to the podium where the Mayor stood. Dash took this time of commotion to escape the chaos and away from the crowd.
"Our first award goes to the vampires for the most blood drained in a single evening," she smiled holding up a gold trophy. Three vampire earth ponies walked up to the podium and smiled for all the citizens of Nightmare Town.
Dash escaped the crowd and past a gate as the Mayor's voice still could be heard boomed over the crowd, "A frightening and honorable mention goes to the fabulous Dark Lagoon leaches."
Once Dash knew she had escaped most of the crowd she leaned against the wall and sighed wiping her brow in relief. She could hear the town jazz band play their sorrowful tune as Dash walked along the road. Her head was bowed in exhaustion and despair. There were three ponies two were earth ponies one was a unicorn. They played in front of the gates of the cemetery waiting for a passing pony to throw in some bits. They all played their respectful instruments.
Dash reached under her wing and found a bit she threw in their metal cup for their efforts. Though she never raised her head as she walked slowly.
"Nice work, cloud daddy," said the unicorn as he played his saxophone that had a grimdark appearance.
"Yeah I guess so," Dash said with a sigh opening the metal gate into the cemetery, "Just like last year, and the year before that, and the year before that."
Dash said with one final sigh.
Fluttershy sat on the ground of the cemetery hidden behind a tombstone. She like the cemetery, it was a good hiding place and a place where Dash frequented often. She sat there patching up her torn arm filling it with some leaves and twigs. Fluttershy heard the squeaking of the metal gate opening and jumped. She crawled lower behind the tombstone praying that it wasn't the doctor that came looking for her. She peaked through a gap in the large headstone seeing a pleasant surprise.
Dash closed the gate behind her, and began to walk down the path that lead through the cemetery. She looked up into the deep night sky, with only the light of a full moon to light the way. Dash walked past the tombstone Fluttershy was hiding behind. 'Shy's heart beat quickly as she watched her idol and her crush walk through the yard.