Later, it was almost evening when Stephan wore his dragon-shaped disguise, and once he was done dressing and preparing himself for Nightmare Night to come, he went outside and left his house with his younger twin siblings to join the upcoming celebration event of Nightmare Night, but what they didn't know is that their evil father Howard is following behind them and is doing his best not to let them see him or to lose sight of them (particularly of Stephan himself), and while they're walking towards the central part of Ponyville, Stephan said as he looked down at his younger twin siblings "This is going to be our first ever Nightmare Night we're going to celebrate and be a part of tonight!", and when they both heard what their older brother said, the toddler centaur twins, who are now at least 2 years old said back together "Yay! We're going to celebrate! It's going to be so much fun!".

Then, just a few minutes later, evening came and then everypony came out of their homes while they're wearing lots of disguises in many shapes, colors and sizes, and then they all started having fun all together at Nightmare Night (which is basically being named after Princess Luna's evil alter ego - Nightmare Moon), but when Stephan came to join everypony, however, they all turned to look at him and they were all in shock to see him wearing his amazingly full-sized and beautiful dragon-shaped disguise (which also fits right in for his very own size), and Stephan is also none other than the first ever centaur to ever join and attend to ponies' celebrations (as well as the first ever centaur to actually wear an actual full-sized disguise for Nightmare Night).

However, when Stephan noticed everypony's shocked expressions, he said to them in a reassuring tone "It's okay, everypony. I mean you no harm. I just came to join you all and attend to your Nightmare Night celebration, that's all.", and when everypony saw the look on his face and eyes which told that he's serious about what he just said, they all smiled at him and moved aback to give him some space so he can join and attend to the Nightmare Night celebration too, thus making him the very first centaur to ever be accepted by ponykind to attend to ponies' celebrations (and special events), and it was a good moment Stephan will never forget for the rest of his life (although he also didn't know his evil father is still following him and is trying not to get anyone's attention so he won't be found and get caught right on the spot).

Later, after Stephan joined and attended to the Nightmare Night festival and celebration, he and the twins came face-to-face with Chloe, Aylene, the mane seven and Spike, and they were all very happy to see them again, but when Rarity's friends saw him wearing the dragon-shaped disguise on his whole body, they couldn't help but gasp in shock and look in awe at how handsome Stephan looked while wearing his new disguise, before Pinkie Pie said "You look awesome, Stephan!", and he giggled a bit at what she said, before he then said back "Thanks, Pinkie Pie! The disguise Rarity made especially for me is perfect! I really do appreciate all of her hard work because I'm the very first centaur to whom she creates and makes up such a worthy disguise for such a special night!", thus causing Rarity to blush before she then said to him "Thank you again, Stephan!".

However, the next surprising and totally unexpected thing happened when a male voice suddenly called for Chloe and for Aylene and said to them hello, and when the two heard the voice calling and saying hello to them, they both turned to see King Thorax, King Pharynx and some of their changelings (their subjects) coming towards them to greet them, and when Chloe and Aylene saw their father and uncle again, the two trotted and galloped and ran up to meet them, before Chloe and Aylene jumped onto Thorax and started hugging him before Chloe then said "Oh, Father! You're here too!", and then Aylene added "It's so nice to see you here too!", and Thorax returned the hug before he then said "I know, I just couldn't miss my two beloved daughters celebrating their first Nightmare Night together and with everypony around!".

However, when Thorax saw Stephan and witnessed him while he's wearing his disguise, he gasped in shock and surprise before he then asked him "Stephan? Is that you? What you're wearing on yourself?", and then Stephan explained to him "It's my new disguise which Rarity created and made especially for me so I can join and celebrate Nightmare Night with all of you!", and then Pharynx stepped forward and approached Stephan and said "Well, I have to say, this disguise really fits right in just for your own size Stephan! You really look handsome in this disguise! It also looks like a giant dragon!", and then Stephan said back "Well, thank you, Pharynx! That's because Rarity made this disguise in the shape of a dragon! And she also took my measurements first so she can create the disguise especially for my own size so I can fit right in and be inside it without having any trouble breathing outside's fresh air, and so she also created that big hole right on the front of the dragon's neck so I can fit my head right in and breath air right through it, as well as hear and see all of you the same way!".

Then, an idea came up in Chloe and Aylene's minds and so Chloe said first "Hey, Stephan!", and when he heard what she said, he asked her "Yes, Chloe?", and then she asked him "How about we'll take you to the royal castle with us to show you in your new disguise to Mother and to Aunt Luna?", and when Stephan heard what she said about shocking and surprising Celestia and Luna by showing up in his new disguise, a smile formed on his face before he said "Well, yes! Of course I'll come with you! Celestia and Luna will be surprised and also pretty much amazed to see me in my new disguise!", and then he turned to Twilight and asked her "Twilight, do you think you can use your teleportation spell to take Chloe, Aylene and me to the royal castle?", and when Twilight heard what he said, she smiled and said "Of course I can!", and then she lit up her horn and then she used her teleportation spell on Chloe, Aylene and Stephan and so she teleported them and sent them together to the royal castle so Stephan can show up to Celestia and Luna in his new disguise and surprise and make them amazed, like he already did with Thorax and Pharynx.

However, what they all didn't know is that Howard was been watching everything (since he kept following Stephan), and he was disgusted to see that not only his own eldest son shows both friendship and respect to ponies, but also does the same good things to non-ponies as well (like changelings for an instance), and that also made Howard say to himself in anger "What does my eldest son thinks he's doing?! He deliberately disobeyed me! Not even 18 and already fooling around with not just filthy ponies but also with stupid changelings as well! Let's see what Lord Tirek will have to say about this! What will he even think of me when he hears that my very own son is the complete opposite of me! I'm going to get my son back to me, but first I'll have to destroy that teenage Pegasus mare and her infernal human being sister so I can severe and destroy that stupid friendship these two have already formed with my eldest son! Then I will take my son back home with me, and this time - ONLY HIM! I don't care for what happens to these dumb and foolish excuses for toddler twins (Andy and Zoey), because I want my eldest son to be back with me! I will take HIM back home with me! ONLY HIM!", and then his hands started glowing in his gray magic aura before he used a teleportation spell in order to teleport and transport himself to the royal castle after Chloe, Aylene and Stephan.

Then, when Chloe, Aylene and Stephan arrived at the entrance of the royal castle, the royal guards let them go inside before one of them said as he recognized Stephan in his new disguise "You can go inside to meet the princesses if you want to, Stephan!", and then another royal guard added "I'm pretty sure the princesses would like to see you in your new disguise!", and when Stephan heard what these two royal guards said to him, he smiled at them and said back "Thank you two!", and then he continued to walk with Chloe and Aylene into the royal castle and made his way with them towards the throne room, and once they opened the door, the three are greeted back by Celestia and Luna, who were both happy to see their two daughters (and nieces) again, but then they also saw Stephan in his new disguise before they gasped in shock and their jaws dropped to see a centaur wearing a full-sized disguise which really fits right in for his very own size.

However, when the princesses soon shook their heads and snapped out of their shocked states, Celestia asked Stephan "My goodness, Stephan! What are you wearing?", and then Stephan answered and explained "It's my new disguise for Nightmare Night! Rarity made it especially for me and for my measurements, and also for my full size!", and just then, Luna stepped forward and said "Well, I must say that you look handsome in your disguise, Stephan! You also look like a dragon at the same time!", and when Stephan heard her saying that, he said back "That's because Rarity decided that a dragon-shaped disguise would fit right in for my own size!" and then he added "And I really like that disguise so much as now I have something else to wear on myself besides just my own shirt, which I always wear on myself!".

However, when Celestia and Luna heard what he said, they gasped in shock before Celestia asked "What? You mean that your own shirt is the only cloth you have?", and then Stephan said back "Well, yes!" before he quickly added "Although I also have a backpack, but I rarely show myself with it!", but then he also said "But now that I have this disguise Rarity made for me, I have something else to wear on myself!", and then Chloe said to him "It's okay, Stephan! Aylene and I we'll ask Rarity to make you some more shirts to wear on yourself if you need more clothes to wear on your body!", and when Stephan heard what she said, he said to her "Well thank you, Chloe! You're really a good friend! I saved you and Aylene from Akeno before, and I also hope you two will be able to repay me the same way! For an instance - if I will be in trouble!".

However, when Celestia and Luna heard what he said, they soon remembered that Howard (Stephan's evil father) isn't yet caught for his crimes, and so Celestia said to Stephan "Well, there is one thing you should still worry about, Stephan.", and when Stephan heard what she said, he asked her "And what is it, Celestia?", and then Celestia said back "Your father is still roaming around freely in Equestria, isn't he?", and when he heard what she said, he gasped in shock and also in fright before he said "Well, yes! No one have managed to catch him and/or bring him to face justice yet! I'm afraid he's going to hurt me again and this time - he's probably going to break all my bones for disobeying him!", and after he said that, Luna said to him "Your father is indeed a ferocious centaur who will dare to harm others who are from his own kind rather than just ponies, changelings or even normal human beings! I can even say that he loves Lord Tirek and adores him so much because both centaurs have some things in common, and one of the most known things is that they both want to control everything around themselves and be the most powerful beings in this world!".

When Chloe, Aylene and (especially) Stephan heard what Luna said about the most known things that Howard and Lord Tirek have in common, they gasped in shock and also in fright when they realized how villainous and irredeemable Howard is, much like Lord Tirek himself. However, Celestia said to them as she tried to reassure them that Stephan will never be the same as evil as own father "However, Stephan showed me that good centaurs really do exist here in Equestria as well, and not just bad centaurs who are the same as Lord Tirek himself is! So, I assure you all, and especially to Stephan himself that he's not going to end up like his own father and that he's not going to be evil or cause us any trouble or any harm, and I know this because Stephan have a real good heart, or may I say two good hearts!".

However, when Chloe and Aylene heard what their mother said about Stephan having two hearts instead of just one like most creatures (including ponies and humans) have, since most creatures, even mythological creatures, usually have only one heart, the two inseparable sisters asked Stephan "Do you have two hearts instead of just one? How could that be possible?", and then Stephan explained "Well, since I'm a centaur, I'm not only known for having a body that is combined of two different species of creatures, but also because I have two hearts which help me survive and stay active and live for as long as I can in the environments of this world! Centaurs like me have two hearts inside their bodies - one of a human and one of a horse!", and then Celestia added and said "And that also makes sense!", thus shocking Chloe and Aylene when they realized what really makes centaurs (like Stephan, Howard, Lord Tirek, etc.) special among both real and mythological creatures.

Then, Luna said to the inseparable threesome "Well, now that you know what makes your friend (Stephan) a very special creature and also know what he is really made of on the inside of his body, how about you three go explore the castle and enjoy and have some fun together?", and when Chloe, Aylene and Stephan heard what she said, Chloe said to her "That's an excellent idea! We also want to have some fun with Stephan alone! Just the three of us!", and when Celestia heard what her human daughter said, she said to her and to her Pegasus sister and centaur friend "That sounds good, because Luna and I we're going to leave you three alone in here so we can meet the rest of our subjects and our friends.", and then she added and asked "How does that sounds to you three?", and then Stephan said back "That sounds good to me! I really want to be with only Chloe and Aylene here in the royal castle because there are two things which we three have in common - one is that we always watch each other's backs and stand up for each other, and the other that makes us inseparable is that we all went through lots of abuse by our very own and biological family members!", and then he added "With Chloe and Aylene by my side, I feel safe and sound from my evil father, whom I can also relate to the fact is the same as Aylene's real mother and Chloe's biological family, but most particularly her older brother!", and when they both heard what Stephan said about his own father being the same as abusive as Mike (Chloe's older brother) and Black Heart (Aylene's mother), Chloe and Aylene turned and looked at each other for a moment, before they turned back to look at Stephan and said together "Talk about a 3-time deja vu!".

Then, Celestia said "Now, Luna and I we both have to go and meet our beloved subjects and our friends! You three can stay and enjoy and have some fun with each other here in the castle, do you understand?", and then Chloe, Aylene and Stephan said all together "Yes, we know!", and then Luna said "Goodbye, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan! Have fun in the castle!", and then she and Celestia started to walk away and they soon left the throne room, but before they went out and left the royal castle, Celestia and Luna put Shujaa to be in charge in case something with Chloe, Aylene and Stephan goes wrong, but then they're all completely unaware of the worst and most unimaginable enemy who is now stalking them from right outside the royal castle - Howard is here to get Stephan (and also to exact his revenge on Chloe and Aylene for 'taking' his oldest son away from him.

With the princesses are now out of the royal castle and with Shujaa is now in charge until they return, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan are now enjoying having fun together inside the royal castle, but that was also the chance Howard was been waiting for (and also for the most), and then he pulled out a potion which he quickly drank and after a few moments, he shrunk into a tiny size, before he pulled out another potion which he quickly drank as well and after a few moments, Howard also became invisible, and with these two magical effects are working for only a short amount of time, Howard has to work quickly enough in order to sneak and get past the royal guards before he's going to search for Chloe, Aylene and Stephan inside the royal castle.

As for them, Chloe, Aylene and Stephan are walking around and through the halls of the royal castle, and at the same time, Stephan was also explaining to the girls how his own father is the same as really bad and is also as equal as both Mike and Black Heart, and then Chloe asked him "Really? Your father is the same as worse as my big brother and Black Heart?", before Aylene added "What did he always said to you before you and the twins ran away from him?", and then Stephan sighed heavily and explained to the girls "My own father always told me that friends are a distraction from young centaurs from either gender's purpose in life.", and then he added as he suddenly sniffled a little bit "Ever since my mother got killed by him, my own father told me that young centaurs from either gender who are not yet fully grown adults need to learn to attack and harass every non-centaur creature they see around them, take their powers and strength and eventually destroy whoever or whatever is standing in their path and worry more about their father and less about their mother.".

Chloe and Aylene clearly understood what Stephan was saying to them about what his own father taught him about having friends or worrying about family members, before Chloe then said "Stephan, Aylene and I we both know he hurt you and the twins many times before, and my own brother Mike did the same things to me, only he was worse than yours when he tried to feed me to the tigers at the zoo when I was only 7, while Black Heart beaten Aylene so much in order to force her to become racist towards all non-ponies just like her murderous pony-wolf hybrid grandfather Wolf Eye was, although neither of us met him before when he was alive, but we're both happy that Mother, Aunt Luna and Twilight and her friends have already managed to defeat him a long time ago.", and then Aylene added "Yeah, my grandfather was indeed a hybrid monster, and I'm so happy that he was defeated before I was even born, but there's one thing I'm still not happy about or proud of and will never be for the rest of my life - that I'm actually related to him by blood through my mother, despite the fact that I'm a pure (100%) Pegasus pony, and therefore I lost all the wolf characteristics and genes that my grandfather was born with, leaving me a regular pony despite I'm still related to him.".

Then, Stephan stopped dead in his tracks and asked "Chloe? Aylene? Why are parents and sometimes older brothers and sisters so mean to their children and also to their younger siblings sometimes? I mean what do ever do wrong to deserve what we get?", but then Chloe said back to him "I don't know, Stephan.", and then Aylene added "The question is beyond me as well.", but then Chloe said and pointed out "But there are still many jerks and monsters! And they don't deserve us, that's what my grandma Elizabeth told me when I would think about my own family!", and then Aylene added "Yeah, that's right! I was told just the same thing by my own good and kind father whom I loved for the most before my evil mother killed him behind my back and started lying to me about friendship and even blamed his death on me ever since!".

Then, Chloe and Aylene grabbed at both of Stephan's (upper) human hands with both of their own hands and forehooves (respectively), before Chloe said to the teenage male centaur in order to reassure him "But don't worry, Stephan! Our good mother and auntie are going to get your father for what he did to you so far in your whole life, and you won't have to be afraid of him anymore!", but then Stephan asked with tears starting to form in his eyes "Yeah, but...where would I go after my father is to be caught and put away, girls? My father is the only living adult family member I have left, and Andy and Zoey are just toddlers and they're both still dependent on teenagers and adults for their survival! Who would even want me if he was to be caught and put away?".

However, Chloe and Aylene soon started stroking at his hands before Chloe said first "Our family will take you in! We can see if Mother and Aunt Luna will accept you into the castle so you can live here with us too!", and then Aylene added "You won't ever have to be alone again, Stephan! It will have Mother, Aunt Luna, Shujaa, and it will have the both of us too! We'll be like a family to you! A big happy family that you do deserve!", and then Chloe said as she reached up and hugged Stephan around his upper human chest and torso and placed her own head on the upper parts of his upper human stomach as she tried to subdue her tears which were slowly forming up into her eyes "Aylene and I we both hope that maybe you and I could be together! Always!", and Stephan couldn't help but started to shed tears as he then pulled Chloe up to look at her in the eyes and said to her "I also hope that maybe you, Aylene and I could be together always! All three of us! I really like you both so much, Chloe and Aylene! Without you two I would've been feeling like I'm living in an endless hell with no way out! You two helped me see the right light which I needed to see for the most!", and before he knew that, Aylene flew up and got on top of Stephan's lower horse back and then she started hugging at his upper human back and shed tears as well, thus all three friends shared a rare and very touching moment that usually happens between three best friends only once in a lifetime.

However, what they didn't know is that Howard have finally managed to successfully sneak inside the royal castle without being caught, and once the shrinking and invisibility effects faded away from Howard and he returned to his normal size and became visible again, the evil centaur started searching for Stephan and for the girls inside the royal castle, and during his search, Howard said to himself "Now I'm more closer to get my son than ever! He thought he could escape me, but I'll show him that no son of mine will be able to escape me and get away from me for such a very long time! Now the moment I've been waiting for is finally mine! I could care less about these little twins, but Stephan is mine and all mine, and I need him for the most! ONLY HIM!", thus showing that he's not going to give up this easily and/or so soon and that he's also going to get Stephan back to himself and take him back home with him to the Badlands at all costs.