(Note: This takes place the Nightmare Night before Doodledraw comes to Ponyville. And of course, this is a Halloween-er, Nightmare Night, episode.)
Applebloom took a saw up in her left hoof. She growled, "This will be the last one...
"Before we start paintin!" The house of horrors was almost up and running in time for Nightmare Night. Just a week away, everypony was making preperations, whether Princess Luna was coming or not. And of course, being a big fan of Nightmare Night, Pipsqueak (now shortened to Pip since he was now in his teens) was helping Applebloom. He opened up a purple paint can and picked up a paintbrush in his mouth. He asked, "Can I start painting the base now? Who knows how long it'll take to paint this thing!"
"Don't worry, with the two of us working on this, it won't take long." Applebloom took a nail and hammer, board under her hooves. Pip took the ladder and put it so she could put the last board in place. She smiled at his generosity, and climbed up to put it in place. He then started to paint the base, and Applebloom hammered in the last plank at the top. Meanwhile, in town, more preperations were going on. Rarity had come back to town to see Sweetie Belle have one of her last NIghtmare Nights. She supposed it would also be best to help with costumes.
Once news had broken out, the shop was packed, and its abandoned-ness added to the Nightmare Night feel. By the time the day was over, only five ponies in town remained for her NIghtmare Night expertise. Not only did she make the costumes, but she recommended them. She also knew what everypony wore, so nopony would wear the same outfit twice. Unforetunately, those five ponies she had to recommend to were her friends. Rarity came downstairs the next morning, and saw already two of her friends had showed up: Applejack and Fluttershy.
"Fluttershy," the white unicorn asked, "Why are you here? I thought you were always scared by Nightmare Night."
"Well, um..." Fluttershy started. "I decided I might face my fears. Rainbow Dash is letting me borrow one of her old costumes, so..."
"Oh, if you already have a costume, why are you here?"
"Well, Applejack wanted one more impressive than the past few years." The pegasus pushed the earth pony foreward, and she explained, "I've been looking for something that's different than the past few years, but not too scary, cause I'm not into that kind of stuff."
"Oh, well, find something that scares you, and only you. It's probably nothing that's scary to anyone else..." AJ nodded, and the two friends headed out. Next to come in was Pinkie Pie, who looked around the shop and started to pick up scraps of fabric. Rarity nervously greeted, "H-Hello, Pinkie. Need help with your costume?"
"Hmm? Oh, no, I was just looking for some fabric to make my newest costume. It's gonna be extra scary!" By the time Pinkie Pie was done, she had almost a whole rainbow of fabric in her hooves, making Rarity curious as to what kind of costume she was making. Twilight soon came in with her costume, but she got points for dramatic entry. She slammed open the door, and shouted, "BEHOLD, Queen Chrysalis, RULER OF THE CHANGELINGS!" Twi looked over the white unicorn's shocked expression and asked, "Did I scare you?"
"Oh, yes," Rarity said, clearing her throat. "Very much. So, what are you doing here?"
"Well, as you can see, I have my costume together, but I can't seem to put my hoof on what's missing..." Indeed, her costume was well put-together, just like her Starswirl one. She made some adjustments on some old socks and cut holes in them to make it look like the changelings' hooves. Whatever fabric was left over was sewn together to make a hole-filled horn. She bought some mane-extentions and painted them to blend with her mane. The bodice which completed the look had attatched wings on it. Of course, being a fashonista, Rarity only found the problem within a few seconds. She exclaimed, "Ah-ha! Well, you can't be the changeling queen without a..." She used her magic and brought a tiny black tiara onto Twilight's head. "crown!"
"Hmm, I dunno, I don't really want a crown. It seems a bit too...flashy."
"You...you're kindding, right? It's not even made with real gems or metal! It's just paper mache."
"Well...I guess I could wear it then...I'll probably forget it anyway." Twilight walked out with the crown, and Rarity prepared her own costume. Once the unicorn had gotten the gemstones for her necklace into place, Rainbow Dash arrived, wearing all of her costume except the head. She greeted Rarity with a groan. "Rarity, you said you would have my Ahuizotl hat ready for next week!" The unicorn responded calmly, "It's alright, RD; I've got it ready in the back room." She levitated it out, and it floated right into the pegausus' hooves. She placed it on her head to make the outfit complete. The unicorn, though she was busy with her costume, asked, "So, what costume are you giving to Fluttershy? It is her first Nightmare Night."
"I was thinking I'd give her my old Gilda griffon costume after I use it. I figured I'd help Pinkie out by helping her with trick-or-treating, by going with her. Then, I'll wear another costume, and nopony will know it's me the second time! That's what this costume's for, anyway."
"I think it's a splendid idea to help Pinkie Pie with her candy hoard this year."
"Yeah! She's been getting the Cake's twins to help her out since they started last year." After a while of chatting, RD left to put a few finishing touches on her favorite Daring Do villain's costume. Soon, the week had flown by, and everypony was out for the Nightmare Night festivities.