As this story begins, in the year 2015, there was a land by the name of Arabius. It was a region full of 3 types of ponies : earthponies, pegasi, & Unicorns. In the village of Strossville, lived a pony named Amadeus. He was a switchsexualpony – a pony that has the voice & personality of a colt & is mainly a colt, but assumes the form of a mare.
Amadeus lives in a cottage next to Sugar Palace, a sweetstore run by . Amadeus often goes about his day, as he works in the market, in central Strossville. Now, where our story begins, Amadeus was walking around as he met 4 of his friends: Izzy(Unicorn), Barry(Pegasus), & K(Pegasus).. They were sitting & having casual conversation when Izzy spoke.
"Heard about the Nightmare Night Celebration?"
"Nah", said Barry, "I was playing chess with K & Aqua here, what about you, Amadeus?"
"Me neither", said Amadeus, "I was working the Market Stall, as usual."
"Must be boring, huh? Just working a simple stall ALL DAY?" said Barry.
"Well, for your information, Pinhead, I get 50 bits an hour. GET WRECK'D." said Amadeus.
"I get 600 an hour by beating off those clouds." said Barry. "How about it?"
"I get no pay as I help the little critters of Strossville", said K
Izzy & Barry roared with laughter.
"I don't need payment, I still get 15 a day as a tip", said K.
"Oh shut up, you idiots. At least K can go near a snake without it hissing uncontrollably at him", said Amadeus.
Although they stopped laughing, Barry still said,
"Well me & Izzy have jobs worth our while."
"Back to the original topic, the Nightmare Night Celebration occurs in two days. Think you three'll be ready?" asked Izzy.
"Yep," said Barry.
"Also, I hear that Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadance, & Twilight of Equestria, & Princesses Shinus & Nightlitus will be there. Something to look forward to, eh?" said Izzy.
"Yep", said Amadeus, K , & Barry.
"Well, I've got an hour of break, so I need to go get some lunch. I'll be back, Okay?" said Amadeus.
"Until next time", said Izzy.
"Alright" said Barry.
"Have a good time", said K.
Amadeus ran off towards the food court, his head spinning. How could he have forgotten The Nightmare Night Celebration? The 4 princesses of Equestria coming? His boredom at the stalls make all of his thoughts pour out. Oh, how mad 's going to be when he finds out that lazy old Amadeus forgot to make that tomorrow he could ask for Cupcake Sugar's help. Cupcake Sugar was a very crazy happy earthpony who has a love of throwing parties. Amadeus went to the "Mare Munchies" area, purchased a hoof burger, & sat down & ate. Still, Nightmare Night was buzzing before him. What if it was HIS fault that Nightmare Night doesn't work the way it should? He was freaking if he was exiled?
An hour later Amadeus showed up at the market. His boss, Gustavo Hoofman, looked down at him in deep disgust.
" .I wonder why I hire idiot ponies like you who don't even show up on time. Get to your stall. 10 hours,Now."
Amadeus walked over to his stall, which was the selling of BOOKS. "I hate my life", he muttered to himself and scowled.
10 hours zoomed by as Amadeus sold books of many kinds to passerby ponies. He was competing against his enemy, Pintus Rapido, who was Hoofman's favorite employee. Rapido worked the deserts stall, which sold 20X more than Amadeus's books at closing, Rapido would turn his hindquarters in Amadeus's direction as a way of mockery. After the 10 irritating hours passed, Amadeus tiringly walked off to his cottage, when he was confronted by , who made him jump.
"Oh, Amadeus, PLEASE tell me you have the cake ready?With the princesses & all?" he asked, with a panicky look on his face & in his tone.
"Um,it's almost done," he lied, "It'll be ready by tomorrow. Trust me."
"Oh, bless the fillies. We couldn't mess this up for anything, as the cake is a very seriously part and all." said , and he galloped back to the bakery.
Amadeus went to sleep. He started having dreams of what might happen on Nightmare Night. He was in Town were continous screams coming from all directions of him. Just as he couldn't take the shouting of anger,he started running, attempting to escape the scene. He was halfway towards his house, when he heard distant shouts of "WAKE UP, SLEEPY HEAD!". He whipped around, looking behind him in case one of the angered ponies started following shouts continued, the world starting shaking around him, and he felt his feet lift from the ground, and he rose into the air.
He woke up. He was not in the town square, but he was in his bed, with Cupcake Sugar staring directly at him. He nearly hit his head on the ceiling when he jumped.
"HEY, DEDE!"
"Starswirl's Beard, Cupcake! How did you get in here?!"yelled Amadeus.
"You left the Window open,silly! MORNIN!" yelled back Cupcake.
"Keep it down! You never know who's still sleeping!"
"Oh, sorry!" whispered Cupcake. "Anyways,I just wanted to know if we can do anything together today! WHO KNOWS?!We could egg people's doors, go hoofboarding, eat cake till our stomachs EXPLODE, give chicks hea-"
"OKAY, then,actually, I had an idea," said Amadeus, " how about if you help me with the cake for Nightmare Night tomorrow."
"That'll be a piece of CAKE. Get it? Because it's CAKE! HAHAHAHAHA! Wait, did you say tomorrow?For the Nightmare Night Festival? SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS?!"shouted Cupcake.
"I know, I know," whispered Amadeus, "It's because of that crackheaded job I have because I didn't make something good of myself in school, so that job bores me out of my mind so much, that thoughts literally leave my mind".
"HAHAHA!Thoughts leaving your head! Because you were bored out of your mi-"
"I get it, Cupcake, & it's not funny. Can you help me?"
"Well, of course, silly! Isn't that what friends are for?"
"No pro-blem-o. Alright, let's START!First, here are our ingredients, & we need as MUCH as possible, since everypony in Strossville is going to have a slice. Now we need to make it EXTRA scary, & we need the princesses of BOTH Arabius & Equestria on TOP…."
And so they set to work. Amadeus went to buy the cake ingredients, & Cupcake handled the baking & decor. After 8 hours of work, the cake was finished, as there was a knock on the door, & Amadeus answered it. He opened it, & it was his friend, Jewelica. She has a great interest in design & fashion. She stared at the cake in slight then spoke.
"Well, this cake has a great look of it,yet it could use some more, style!"and Jewelica ran off.
"What was that about?" said Amadeus, "The cake looks GREAT".
"I KNOW, right! Just look at all the sprinkles, & icing, and-"
"What I mean is,look, the scariness is PERFECT."
The cake was 10 layers high, covered in black, orange, & pink( Cupcake Sugar's idea ) icing. It had the words " T" put across it. On the second layer stood figurines of Princesses Shinus & Celestia, along with Princess Twilight of Equestria. On the top layer stood figures of Princess Luna & Princess Nightlitus.
Jewelica bursted back in with ribbons & diamonds, and placed them all over the cake.
"There, now everypony can appreciate the BEAUTY of Nightmare Night!" said Jewelica.
"God dangit, Jewelica! You didn't NEED to do that!" said Amadeus.
"Yes, I did!"Jewelica said in her own defense, "What's cake without beauty?"
"Hmph,as long as approves of this, it'll be FINE."said Amadeus.
Amadeus,Cupcake, & Jewelica took the cake down to Sugar Palace, where Izzy was at. Izzy spotted them, and ran up to them.
"Looks great!" said Izzy, "except you could've used a little less diamonds."
"Well,excuse me!" exclaimed Jewelica, "the cake NEEDS its beauty!"
"Um, no it doesn't," said Izzy.
"It just needs good taste and all, Jewelica," said Amadeus, "don't go overboard with the design".
"That's what I said! Just focus on the TASTINESS!"said Cupcake.
"Oh, whatever. My point in this project was useless!" said Jewelica.
"We're NOT saying that!We just think you should die down a little on the heavy diamonds. Just focus on the edibility."said Amadeus.
"What, so NO GOOD DESIGN-" began Jewelica.
"Keep it down!"said a looming voice. came from the upstairs. He took a swift look at the cake, gave it a look of pure admiration.
"I-LOVE-IT, though you could've calmed with the Jewelry."
"Are-you-KIDDING ME?!" yelled Jewelica.
"Chill out, Jewelica", said Amadeus. "I'm pleased with the fact that you like the cake, ."
"It is very fine indeed, Amadeus. So, how did you make this?"asked Mr. Baker.
"With help from my friends", said Amadeus, looking back at Cupcake & Jewelica, as she turned her head away in disgust, "Oh, come on Jewelica, you did your part, stop getting all mad".
"It's okay, Amadeus. Well, Nice! I'll keep this cake overnight!"said .
Amadeus fell asleep well that night. He dreamt of how the festival would go great, and Hoofman finally giving him some respect. He felt very optimistic, until he was suddenly waken by , who brought him terrible news.
"Cupcake-has eaten the whole cake!"
Amadeus could not believe his ears.
"WHAAAAAATTT?! It's Nightmare Night today! Why in Arabius would SHE do THAT?!"
"I don't know, but you must have a cake by 8pm!" said .
Amadeus was left paralyzed in his thoughts. He ran out his house 15 minutes later & asked Izzy for help, since Cupcake would eat the cake again.
"And WHY would Cupcake do this?" asked Izzy.
"I wish I knew", said Amadeus. "Where are the others?"
"Barry's in a video game tournament downtown, & K's tending to the Breezies."
"GodDANGIT, we need to bake a new cake, like NOW", said Amadeus.
So they set to work. Amadeus was no good at design, nor was Izzy. By the time they finished, the cake looked and smelled HORRENDOUS. As Jewelica walked in, she gasped.
"What this needs is - DIAMONDS!"
"NO!" Amadeus & Izzy shouted.
arrived, saw the cake, & fainted. Amadeus knew he was screwed. Cupcake soon arrived, & Amadeus rounded on her.
"Is this some sort of JOKE?! We worked so hard on that cake,& you just HAD to eat it."
"Well, of course I HAD to, silly, it was 10 layers high of deliciousness! I can't pass up a chance to eat cake!" said Cupcake.
"What a lame excuse. You should've passed it up this time. Until then, I don't want to speak to you anymore, since nothing I'm involved with is important."said Amadeus,& he walked up to his room door,& locked it.
Later that night, the Nightmare Night festival was beginning. Tons of Fillies & Colts were running around in costumes, with Pintus Rapido rudely scaring a group of fillies. Amadeus dressed up as Star Swirl The Bearded as he himself chose to live young & go Trick - Or - Treating with K,Barry, & Izzy. They got LOADS of candy from various ponies at their homes. The festival began 2 hours later. The princesses soon arrived in carriages. Everyone stamped their hooves for the Arabius & Equestria princesses. Princess Shinus then spoke.
"Welcome, everypony, to the 2015 Nightmare Night Festival!"
Everypony applauded. Princess Shinus continued.
"It has been THIS holiday that celebrates the Mare Of The Moon!"
Mayor Lenora galloped onto the stage and said:
"The Mare Of The Moon, also known as Princess Nightlitus here, was known & still is known for bringing us night…"
Amadeus lost hold of Mayor Lenora's speech, as Princess Nightlitus stared into his eyes with a look of loathing. Amadeus wondered why she would stare into his eyes like that. Amadeus & Princess Nightlitus never spoke to each other, so she couldn't dislike him. Who knows, maybe somepony told her how lazy he was. Great. He hardly knew the night princess & she already knows something about him. But something caught Amadeus back onto Mayor Lenora's speech.
"Now let's have a fun festival, & let's bring out the cake!"
"Aw crap." said Amadeus. He looked to his right at Cupcake Sugar, who was broadly smiling.
nervously steered the horrid looking cake out, where ponies were making disapproving noises & looks at the Nightlitus soon shouted "Who has made this abomination?!"
"Um, Amadeus,madam", said .
Everypony's head turned toward Amadeus, whose head slowly lowered into the crowd.
"Well, I knew a pony like YOU would make a stupid mistake like this! Begone!" said Princess Nightlitus. She casted what looked like a black hole in the sky, & Amadeus felt himself raise into the air, & felt hooves trying to pull him down. He saw that it was Cupcake,Jewelica,K,Barry, & Izzy trying to pull him down. Amadeus raised higher, his friends rising with him, & Izzy shouted at the Night Princess, "What the hell is wrong with you?! Aren't you three going to do something?!" He shouted at Shinus, Luna, & Celestia. They just made evil smirks towards them. Amadeus then got sucked through a very tight tube.
STAY TUNED FOR PART 2!