The next day in the evening was the Halloween Ball in the Great Hall the school had forgotten over night what happened yesterday with the Changeling fiasco however the 2 tactical robots and regular commander had full control of security during the preparations for the Ball and while the students were relaxing after that battle. They had decided to increase the number of patrols to include 2 active regiments totalling 2000 on patrol duty both during the day and during the night as for the campus and interior it was decided to include 100 robots inside on the corridors and another 100 in the gardens they of course will receive also another tactical robot of British manufactory aside from the commander. It was also decided to include a rule in which if there were other natives coming they could not enter with sharp objects or any other things that could be used as a weapon to cut, stab or burse. But aside from the regular patrols some of them were put to place Halloween decorations wherever a teacher wants.

The castle was now looking anything but a school there were pumpkins with candles that were flying in the great hall and the decorations also included real flying bats alongside other paper decorations the shape of pumpkins that were charmed to make different faces evil, menacing or smiling faces. The ghosts were also present for making different shows around the castle either a re-enactment of one's execution or other antiques to scare, but in a funny way not to make someone faint or have a heart attack. As for the food the tables were so full of cake and other kinds of strange candies one might get easily sick trying to eat so much.

As for the costumes many were dressed in all the different things one could think, they were either famous wizards and witches or some creature or some other people, some remained in their uniforms while others dressed in all the ways possible like a king, prince or in Twilight's case a princess thanks to Rarity that made her the dress. It was a yellow dress with a fake crown on her head. For her the way the wizards had made the decorations were something one could barely imagine to be possible as for the ghosts ever since she arrived and met Nick she started to get used to them even like them with the exception of some like the Bloody Baron and Peeves that was annoying everyone around him and making nasty jokes. However once again she was spellbound by the way magic is so much used by them it seems for her it will be the best Halloween and Nightmare Night she would ever have.

"One could barely imagine the image this place gives during Halloween. Back at my old school we didn't do in these kinds of ways." She said to Hermione who was dressed like a dentist (both parents been dentists).

"Too bad, but what do you think?" Asked Hermione.

"One word; Amazing. By the way where is Harry?" She asked.

"She will be coming soon don't worry." It took only five minutes till Harry had arrived; he was dressed as an Auror while Ron seemed to be dressed like an old stile warlock. On seeing her with that dress he couldn't express anything but admiration although both considered it would have been more suited for another kind of ball.

"Hey Twilight, nice costume, I guess a princess." He said shyly.

"Yours isn't bad as well, I guess an Auror." She said smiling.

"Yeah, this is what I had managed to buy before staring school. I don't think it fits for a princess."

"For me it looks great." She said before an idea came to mind after looking at the portraits of the kings that wore medals. "But how about a little change." She said pulling out her wand making two chest medals to appear one with purple ribbon with white line, a gold thunderbolt hanged and one light blue ribbon with the representation of the royal sisters on a round silver white decoration.

"This is in addition."

"Wow thanks."

"Now you almost look like a prince with those medals." Said Ron smiling.

"Thanks I believe I am now more suited for my partner at this ball." Said Harry and all laughed in approval.

Several kilometres away.

The rest of the mane 6 and Spike alongside with Shining Armour and Cadence and at least three Royal guards from the Crystal Empire had landed in the forest and were slowly moving through a pathway in the forest. Of course been Nightmare Night all of Twilight's friends wore costumes while Shining Armour and the Guards wore their armour while Cadence and Fluttershy, who was always scared of it wore none she was outside only for her friends.

"We are very close." Said Spike flying to the trees and saw the castle in the distance. "Just a few more miles."

"Let's go then." Said Shining Armour hoping they will manage to speak to Twilight. They moved through the trees for some more time, the forest was for Fluttershy scarier during the night then during the day, she was shivering throughout all her body thinking what might lay ahead of them. Then Shining Armour moved a hoof up to signal to stop.

"What is it?" Cadence whispered.

"I hear something." He said and everyone was silent what they were hearing was some metal clanking, after a few seconds they realised what was coming from the front of them, by noticing lights in the distance.

"Their guards are coming, scatter." Said Shining Armour and everypony went to where ever they could just when the guards numbering 15 stopped several meters from where they had been just moments ago. They were some skeletal metallic things that were carrying strange devices some smaller while others longer with some knives at their end and had some three colour markings in a circle as if it was a target.

"Check the perimeter closely we don't need surprises again like yesterday." Said the one at the front of the group, with a funny voice making Rainbow to almost laugh, two of them went to the margins and pointed their weapons to see for any danger. When they saw there weren't any they started to advance, in the meantime the ponies had tried to go pass them through the trees just when Fluttershy stepped on tree branch. Two guards on hearing this started to advance forward to where the tree branch crack might have originated. Fluttershy immediately went behind a bush hoping to no find her while Rainbow was preparing for the possibility of having to fight them. Just then the commander was given another order throw his communicator to go somewhere else.

"Patrol come back, we have to go much further." Ordered the commander.

"Roger, Roger." The two guards returned to the group and started to advance, the ponies escaped by a stroke of luck, when they were no more in sight the group reunited.

"Oy, now that was close." Said Applejack.

"Hey I could have put them out easily." Said Rainbow Dash.

"We talk about this later we have to go now." Ordered Shining Armour and started to advance further towards the castle. They reached the outskirts of the castle, however due to another patrol nearby they hide themselves behind another large bush and after a minute of waiting they saw Twilight.

"There she is." Said Rainbow Dash pointing out.

"Let's go." Said Shining Armour wanting to move out.

"Wait, she isn't alone." Said Applejack when she saw someone else came. It was a boy with glasses.

Back inside the party started with a slow dance however after the first dance Twilight remembered what Zecora told her regarding her friends coming, she went immediately outside just when the band came. After the first dance with Harry she immediately went outside to meet her friends. When she came outside of the castle she could feel and breathe the cold air of autumn coming from the forest while looking at the moon remembering the first Nightmare Night with her friends and she, been dressed as Starswirl the Bearded.

"A beautiful sight isn't it?" She turned around and saw Harry exiting the castle.

"Harry, I though you will listen to the band?" She said with her heart beating faster.

"I am not quite fond of rock music." He said coming near her and started to look at the stars. "It is a beautiful night isn't it?"

"Yeah."

"By the way why aren't you inside?" The boy asked.

"Sometimes I need to be alone to gather my thoughts."

"You are not the only one. I started recently to like to be more alone to reflect on some things."

"I guess there are many?"

"And maybe more problematic then yours." He said while she turned at the distance.

"What is he trying to do?" Asked Rainbow Dash while looking to what was happening. In Applejack's view what was happening seemed a bit blurry, she started to get more and more nervous when the boy started to move towards her slowly from behind her back.

"What is he doing trying to bite her?" She said nervous panicking Shining Armour that wanted to intervene, however some patrols were nearby and the ponies stopped him.

"Please calm down darling everything will be fine." Begged Cadence.

"If he tries something he will pay dearly." He said in anger. Twilight turned her head to see the boy with a nervous face.

"Harry is everything all right?" She asked nervously both their hearts beating at an accelerated rate.

"Ahm, Twilight...thank you for accepting my invitation to the Ball." He said his hands sweating.

"Ah, no problem." She said she started to fill her heart beating more and more and breathing heavily before noticing her brother in the distance from behind Harry. It meant that they are close and might imagine who knows what by what they saw in the distance, she had to send her partner away for a time to talk with them however the boy noticing her face he knew something was off, he tried to turn his gaze to his back but Twilight took him by the hand to drive his gaze to her.

"Harry could you go inside I need some time alone. Plus I am a bit thirsty." She said.

"Ah, all right I will get some punch then." He said.

"Could you bring for both of us?"

"Sure I will go get some." Harry said before entering back inside while everyone was dancing crazy on the music. Twilight immediately started to run towards the other side of the bridge deactivating the magic that disguised her still wearing her costume. Just on reaching near the end she could hear her friends, brother and sister in law speaking all sorts of apocalyptic things.

"That thing almost got her." Said Rarity dramatically.

"Good thing that she turned him away immediately." Said Rainbow Dash.

"If he tries again he will not manage because I shall not let him. No one touches my sister." Said Shining Armour before Twilight came towards them.

"None of you have to do anything." Said Twilight coming before them.

"TWILIGHT! You are all right." Said everyone in unison glad she was all right and Shining Armour immediately rushed to her.

"Did he tried to bite you or harm you in anyway." He asked in a total panic.

"No he didn't."

"We were so worried we thought that he will try something." Said Spike.

"They told us that they will be very cruel." Said Fluttershy scared

"Everything is fine."

"I am telling you if he tried something I would-"

"LET, me explain!" She said cutting her brothers sentence and everyone went silent. Twilight told them everything she could regard her experience at Hogwarts she also told them about how the wizards and non-wizard societies work, why they came to their world and about Harry and her other friends there. With every single word all the ponies and Spike had their worries and suspicions melted away.

"And that is what I saw, many of them didn't came to do bad things to us they simply came for a new life, one in which none of them will have to hide from profiteers, or speculators." She explained.

"So that means none of the rumours and stories are true." Said Cadence now relieved, her mind been cleared of all the worries and fear regarding them.

"None of us have to worry they simply want to be let alone in their own business and live in peace." Said Twilight.

"I am glad to hear that." Said Shining Armour with a weak smile however his voice was full of shame.

"Shining what is it?" Asked his sister worried.

"I was such a fool to believe what they had told us." He said with bitterness.

"But what happened?"

"Those so called 'experts' told us only bad things about them that they are worst then the old changelings or the Storm King, Grogar and so on. And I believed them and I had ordered intensive training of the guards to fight against them to no more have to worry about an event like others that happened and gave them messages with negative perspective on them." He explained getting his helmet off.

"It wasn't your fault many of you had misunderstood them." Twilight said trying to calm him down.

"Maybe, but what kind of captain of the Royal Guards trains them to attack people that are innocent." He said with his look to the ground.

"You didn't know that however what is important is the fact that you didn't give orders to attack them and this is a big difference." Twilight said smiling to her brother that made him regain confidence in himself.

"Yet Twilight what was the thing with Harry, the one you sent back inside?" Asked Fluttershy.

"Harry is a good person and a good friend he even saved my life yesterday from Changelings that were attacking." She said tracking the surprise of everyone around.

"Changelings attacking? But why would Thorax do that?" Asked Spike.

"It wasn't Thorax it was Chrysalis."

"And how the hay did she managed that?" Applejack asked.

"But that is impossible she isn't their queen anymore she is now caged in stone." Said Cadence stunned.

"And how the hay did she managed that?" Asked Applejack and Twilight looked to the ground thinking what she could say.

"Is everything all right Twilight?" Asked Cadence.

"I have to tell you something, between the human wizards there are also some evil wizards, they are called "Death Eaters" they are users of Dark magic, and they were very dangerous. Although most of them are no more or were caught, there are a few let loose many inactive but there might be one of them that want to continue an old quest. This one made a clone of her in order to do that." This explanation now made Fluttershy to get even scared she doesn't want to even meet a wizard that is called that way.

"Wait if it was only a clone made by an evil wizard, how could she have managed to control the changelings?" Rarity asked confused.

"She had a Dark Crystal in her possession, it is a cursed object formed by black magic that one could use to take control multiple individuals that have a hive mind like the Changelings, she had used it to attack the wizards." She explained.

"Oh, so that is the real reason for the disappearances of some Changelings." Said Pinkie Pie.

"You know about this?"

"It was written in the newspaper about Changelings going missing but the wizards were blamed not a clone of Chrysalis." Said Starlight.

"The clone is to blame alongside the Death Eater who used the changelings under her control to do that, they been under the influence of the crystal, they couldn't do anything to protest."

"But how the hay would one make a clone of Chrysalis to use to attack its own people by using this kind of object?" Asked Applejack and Twilight looked to the ground thinking what she could say.

"You must know that we can't generalise things but I have to tell you that in case of the Death Eaters, they fought for dominance and power, they wanted to first control their colonies and their main governments. The one that made this clone of Chrysalis wanted to do so probably for his associates to gain access to control of the wizard colonies."

"Then probably turn on us." Said Shining Armour.

"There is another thing; their leader was declared by them to be a wizard that even thou he is not around anymore, many still don't want and can't call him by name."

"But what was his name?" Asked Applejack.

"His name was Tom Marvolo Riddle but they know him as Lord Voldemort, the name he chose is considered by them to be cursed because he was one of the most evil wizards they knew and from what I know more worst then Nightmare Moon, Tirek, Chrysalis, the Pony of Shadows, King Storm, Grogar or Cozy Glow."

"But why would this Tom Marvolo Riddle or Lord Voldemort be worst?" Rainbow Dash asked sceptical.

"Because unlike the villains we encountered, he did not only captured or wanted to force people to join his dark side. He killed everyone that wanted to oppose and fight against him." Everyone now turned horrified by that, they never heard or met anypony that could be so mad and evil in their lives "and his acolytes the Death Eaters also killed people. Harry told me that Voldemort first tortured people till they begged him to kill them, he didn't even care for his followers, if they disobeyed him he would have killed them. Some joined him for advantages, others for believing in him but some only for the sake of their lives. They said that whenever one mentioned his name, either a Death Eater or himself will appear in the next moment in the streets or on your own doorstep and they will either kill or torture you before they commit the murder if you don't do what they want. But there were people who opposed him and some got killed by him, between the people killed were his parents when he was one year old."

On hearing this they could do nothing but to fill total regret for him Twilight had told them that he was raised by non-wizards who hated magic and they only tormented him. And by what Twilight just told them now. King Storm was a buffoon and Chrysalis a mad lady since they still can call them by name. In comparison to this lord of darkness alongside his acolytes, who unleashed such a reign of terror for who knows how many years on the human wizards and probably some non-wizards.

"We didn't know about this." Said Fluttershy with sadness.

"The only thing he would want is only a quiet life, no more things like this, alongside the others at Hogwarts and around our world." Said Twilight.

"We understand that and we wish to make this possible. But things are very bad now." Said Starlight.

"What do you mean?"

"Twilight you were right about the so called 'experts'." Said Applejack

"They are only a bunch of charlatans, they are using every single bad thing happening and blame it on the colonists." Said Rarity.

"And you want to know what Rainbow found out." Said Pinkie hyperactively appearing from nowhere touching her face.

"They are going by false names around the Princess, the two unicorns for instance call themselves Real Deed and True Word but their names are actually Mislead and Snake Tongue and the Pegasus that go by Good Word and Brave Heart they are actually named Smooth Talk and Cruel Deed." Rainbow Dash said.

"How did you find out?"

"After we watched the Quidditch match between the red and the blue teams from the clouds Surprise and High Winds told this to all the Wonderbolts present during that day. Beyond that those liars are supported by shabby ponies, which in return support them; they let them attack the wizards and steal diverse objects. There are also some clubs that had been made for the Wonderbolts and they are encouraged by them to attack the colonists, motivating they are doing this for Equestria. Beyond that, they encourage especially the ones that want to look cool like the Washouts, but they are practically doing acts of hooliganism." Explained Rainbow.

"I know their newspapers always wrote this and show photos. But this has to stop as soon as possible. I saw them in action they know a lot of spells they could use for duelling, and in the Defence Against the Dark Arts class they are taught how to protect themselves against dark wizards as well as other aggressors and other dangerous things. And the robots even thou they seem stupid they are able to fight very viciously. Been machines they are made to carry out orders without question. They would fight till the end to defend the settlements and people. They were really effective with the Changelings under the control of the dark crystal." Said Twilight.

"This is a good thing if they are made only for defence and not aggression." Said Shining Armour.

"That is for the moment the problem is next. On their homeworlds and home countries from where they came, there are people that want to put harsher measures for the ones that attack, although the people that live here now don't want that to happen it might be a possibility that with more attacks happening the radicals will gain more support and implement those measures. And from what I can tell some are still plagued by the memory of Lord Voldemort."

"In this case we must stop this madness before it becomes grimmer." Said Cadence.

"Maybe if we throw a party in Canterlot?" Said Pinkie Pie.

"Nau we need a way to show the ponies' that wizards and especially the humans in general are not dangerous." Said Applejack.

"Wait, maybe Pinkie is right. In winter they will also have another holiday for them, during our Hearts Warming Eve we can try to call them to Canterlot a week before the holidays to show the ponies that they are not dangerous and also they can show what kind of magic they know holding their lessons for at least one or two days in Canterlot." Said Twilight.

"This now could work but it will be hard, those liars are present at almost every moment around Aunt Celestia telling their made up stories and some of the ponies in the high society also support them because they made them to be afraid of the colonists. While others they smooth talk them so they would reach to her." Explained Cadence.

"This is probably the way they managed in the first place to get to the princesses." Commented Rarity.

"We must try and hope this will work to stop those actions." Twilight said turning to the castle thinking of all the people that might have suffered in the past due to the dark wizards. "Many had suffered a lot because of the dark wizards only before the last summer started one managed to stop them forever and reliving those times when they were active it would be too much especially for Harry whom he had lost all his family because of Voldemort, for him this is not even the last thing he would want."

"You like him don't you?" Asked Cadence seeing and feeling what was inside Twilight's heart.

"What do you mean?"

"Harry? What do you think of him?"

"He is a very nice and pleasant person, intelligent, shy, brave sometimes distant but kind hearted and wants the good of others."

"You have feelings for him don't you." Asked her brother.

"I do admit that sometimes my heart starts to pound more and more around him and this thing started when he started to teach me the spells they learned during the years not to mention when we stayed together and when it was with the attack." She said realising what they were talking about.

"So you have feelings for him it is romantic, a bit strange but still romantic." Said Rarity.

"What, no this is now impossible."

"Twilight you don't need to be embarrassed I guess everpony would start to have feelings for one whom she considers her knight in shining armour, even if it is someone who seems unconventional." Said Cadence.

"It is all right, even tho it is a bit strange." Said Applejack.

"All right I do admit that those are the feelings I have for him." Said Twilight and everyone smiled in approval before a guard came.

"Sorry for the interruption but he had returned." Twilight immediately took note of him carrying two cups of fruit punch in his hands from the other side of the bridge looking around for her.

"I have to go. I can't let him get worry." She said.

"Go, and don't worry we will do whatever it takes to stop those attacks." Said Shining Armour.

"Thanks, you are the best."

"And yet Twilight, what will you do with your secret I don't think you will be able to tell him that you are not...you know." Said Spike.

"Well I believe till the best moment arrives." She said activating her necklace giving her the human form. "I will have to stick to this form."

"Good luck then, and don't worry we will find a way to make this possible." Said Shining Armour and then Twilight went over the bridge towards her partner.

"Twilight, Twilight? Where she could be?" He asked himself looking around.

"I'm here." She said running to him from near the entrance to the bridge.

"Where have you been I was almost worried?" He asked giving her a cup with punch.

"Sorry for that I really needed to clear my thoughts." She said taking it.

"What have you been thinking about?" He asked.

"It was nothing, just a person that is very dear to me."

"Really! Who exactly?" Harry asked puzzled.

"My big brother he was very supportive of me and we would always do a lot of stuff together when we were younger."

"Oh I see. You know I also wished to have got a bigger brother or sister as well. Maybe things would have been different."

"I know but at least you got me and all the others."

"I know and I am glad about that." He made a long pause looking in the horizon "By the way sorry for taking so much till I got the fruit punch I got stuck in a conversation with Ron and everyone inside went mad due to the loud music. Ron said he would retreat till the situation calms down a bit."

"It is all right none of us is a big fan I guess." She said before each raised their cups and knocked between themselves.

"Cheers." They said in unison before drinking the content when they heard that the things had a bit cooled down.

"Guess we can enter now." Said Twilight

"Let's go then." Said Harry opening the door for her and both had entered inside.

"Well I guess we can go now, since there wasn't any trouble and we know what to do." Said Shining Armour.

"I agree. I don't want to bump into robots." Said Rarity however Fluttershy noticed that one was missing.

"Ah guys, where is Pinkie Pie?" Asked the yellow Pegasus.

"It was here a moment ago." Commented Starlight.

"Hope she doesn't do something to be caught by either the teachers or by the guards." Commented Rainbow Dash before Spike noticed her in the distance watching through the window to the great hall.

"There." He said pointing to the window.

"How did she got there?" Asked Starlight.

"It's just Pinkie. Let's get to her before she attracts the attention of the teachers." Said Applejack and everyone went over the bridge Rainbow and Fluttershy flew to her.

"Pinkie, please come down, before the robots or the teachers see you." Begged Fluttershy.

"Sorry but I can't take my eyes off their party." She said in an ecstatic way with her face been over the window.

"Oh come on how different could be the parties they are doing?" Argued Rainbow before both Pegasus ponies started to look over the window to see the wizards still dancing and the decorations not to mention the ghosts and the real bats that were flying and the other thing that are happening. Just then the rest of the group came. "Wow"

"What the hay are you doing?!" Argued Applejack before the rest turned to see the show in the Great Hall. Everyone could barely say a word regarding this; real bats for decorations flying and sculpted pumpkins floating not to mention the charmed paper decorations that were put on the walls or the ghosts that were making jokes and the students laughing.

"Those grey humans flying are real ghosts!?" Asked Spike not knowing if he should be shocked or amazed.

"Real bats for decorations?!" Exclaimed Fluttershy.

"Flying pumpkins!" Applejack said amazed.

"By Celestia never seen a Nightmare Night party like this one." Commented Rainbow Dash.

"They call it Halloween." Said Starlight.

"Same thing."

"One thing is certain they know how to make a Halloween and Nightmare Night Party." Commented Shining Armour.

"On a scale of 1 to 10 I give this one 12." Commented Cadence.

"I am so jealous after we befriend them I will buy party stuff to do it like this one on Nightmare Night." Said Pinkie Pie. The dance went on for some time till Professor Dumbledore made a sign to for the students to pay attention when things calmed a bit down.

"Now it is time for Professor Zecora to tell us a local scary story or more rather to say a legend regarding this night." Announced Professor Dumbledore while the zebra wearing a black robe with fake spiders in her hair went to the students with a bag of green powder, she blew some powder for the moon to appear.

"In this night while you have Halloween nearby they celebrate the Nightmare. One thousand years ago two royal sisters ruled the realm one controlled the night while the other the day." Said the Zebra and the powder turned into an image of two Alicorns.

"The young sister, controller of the night jealous of the love her big sibling got a dark spirit she turned into." She blew another wave of powder and out from it came the face of eyes of a demonic entity before it showed the face of a horse with long fangs with an evil smile.

"Nightmare Moon she was known the one the night and the dreams she haunts devouring the little ones in their dreams." She said while the entity in the powder started to go to each table frightening the students from the first to the third year.

"The night she wished to be eternal, however she was stopped by her own sister with heavy heart to the moon she was banished." She said and the entity turned into a full moon.

"Still haunt the night, through the dreams she could and eat the victims she would desire." The moon turned back into the demonic entity and charged at the students whom this time many junior years including some from senior years hide under the tables. Nightmare Moon then returned and started to mimic some other horses dressed in costumes giving her candies.

"Legend has it that a tribute one must give. If some candies one would give she will let you live. But if candies one would not give then the dreams you have she will eat." She said and the powder showed the scene where the entity devoured a mist coming from another horse before disappearing.

"And that is the legend of Nightmare Moon. A small statue of her I put outside in the hall with decorations of both celebrations to be hold." She said smiling before the music resumed.

"Man this is the scariest story I heard on Halloween." Commented Ron.

"It is actually a legend Ron." Said Twilight.

"Legend or not this scared all of us. I believe if she will be a teacher now here at Hogwarts she will surely be the best at shows for Halloween if she tells other stories like this one." Commented Ron.

"I agree even I got scared a bit." Said Hermione.

"Who would not, by the way she presented. I wonder how many students there will be to put candies at the statue with Nightmare Moon." Harry asked before seeing some first and second year students putting some candies in small paper bags with their names written on them to be prepared while the caretaker was watching with a large smile on his face, he was fully enjoying the site.

"This story is now my favourite." He said with a large green on his face holding his cat. The party went on for several more hours in that time the robots ordered by Mr. Filch moved the statue and the bags outside of the school; the story that scared many students in the junior years was later replaced by laughter the party went on for several more hours. The group of ponies that was watching threw the window had left after half an hour with many impressions and also having in mind to prevent anymore attacks.

When the students started to leave for the dormitories it was clear that some took the legend very seriously. A number of students started to put some leftover candies to the statue of Nightmare Moon, the junior years were the first ones to form lines to put to the statue while some from the senior years were joking around with things like 'Leave some to Nightmare Moon so she might not come to get you in your dreams.' After some time the statue was surrounded with small bags with different treats and this was seen by the one who ruled the night in that world.

"Wow, never thought of that." Commented Twilight.

"First years and second years was expected, medium or very little from the rest." Said Hermione when they saw the statue surrounded by small bags of candies that were leftover.

"They will surely get them back tomorrow if the bags are still here." Commented Ron taking a bite from a jelly worm.

"Ron please, try to keep some to put to the statue." Commented Hermione.

"It is only a local legend we don't need to be afraid of Nightmare Moon, it will not influence us."

"It is however good to show respect to the local traditions and myths." Said Hermione placing her bag to the statue.

"If you say so." Ron said putting a small bag to the statue followed by Twilight.

"I wonder in the legend, how was the person before it became Nightmare Moon." Said Harry.

"Surely it wasn't a scary entity like this statue wants to show." Ron said taking a looking at the statue not noticing the strange blue mist that was approaching.

"Still I guess it was a sad story for the one who had to banish her to the moon."

"I wonder if that was the whole story I think there is something more to it." Said Hermione.

"And there is." Twilight said and the trio turned to her. "I surely think there is something more to the story."

"If you want to know what is my opinion I don't think I will be afraid if Nightmare Moon would come here. Neither if it turned back to what it was." Said Malfoy who just came to them.

"Oh yeah well I believe it isn't wise to say that to the one that rules the night in this place in the thought of the locals." Said Twilight.

"As if she would have any influence on us." Commented Draco turning to the statue and look at it in the eyes while the blue mist was starting to form around the group.

"Still for the ones that probably had a minor fear I guess they had changed it now for this one, probably." Commented Ron.

"Yeah, maybe." Said Harry placing his bag to the feet of the statue before the mist covered the bag immediately. "Huh, what is going on?!"

"Harry what are you talking about?" Said Ron before noticing the blue mist that now enveloped the whole group and now everything they saw was blue and no one with the exception of Twilight knew that it could only be Princess Luna but why did she came here to them.

"What is going on?" Asked Malfoy trying to struggle but all of them were in the full grasp not been able to move their bodies with the exception of their heads Harry turned to the mist and out from it came exactly the incarnation of Nightmare Moon.

"Hello little ones." Said the entity having a wicked smile.

"Nightmare Moon!" Said Ron scared.

"But you should be a myth." Said Hermione.

"Let's see what you are made of." And the face of the entity came to Malfoy the gaze in her eyes almost froze the Slytherin student who tried to keep himself calm and stand still before going for Ron the boy was watching her barely breathing the gaze of that equine creatures would usually be enough to make one to faint, he tried to make a full menacing face and just then the boy closed his eyes not wanting to look to her. When it turned to Hermione the girl tried her best to avoid eye contact with the spectre but she used her magic to make her look to her, she was totally afraid when she saw her gaze and her smile of evil even thou she tried to remain calm. When it was Twilight turn she would usually try her best to be brave but been so close to something like her and not been able to do anything because she was enveloped in a magic that prevented it and seeing Nightmare Moon so close she couldn't help but feel a great sense of fear not just for herself but for everyone although she for her it wasn't anything to fear, she didn't even noticed when he was holding Harry tightly by the hand.

Harry then came to turn, trying to look as menacing and with a smile of pure evil at first the boy couldn't do anything but watch and be afraid however he immediately remembered his old nemesis and somehow a part of him was telling that this was a similar situation after a moment his gazed turned from fear to determination making the entity confused.

"I experienced something worst then you!" He spoke up and everyone turned to him. "We are not afraid" Nightmare tried again something menacing and go around to face them but to no avail.

"You are not real you are just an illusion." He said calmly.

"We know the legend." Said Hermione.

"You weren't an entity of evil." Said Ron.

"You are a fake!" Said Malfoy.

"You are not this." Said Twilight.

"You are not what you want us to believe you are. You are something else" Said Harry and then Nightmare enveloped only Harry and for a moment the entity took the shape of something else, a blue alicorn with the main like the night sky and with no fangs and blue eyes that showed no threat but kindness.

"You are right. You alongside your friends had proven yourselves. We shall see one day again." She said disappearing and the mist clearing up around him he was in the same place where he was but he noticed that his bag alongside his friends and a few others were gone. He then felt a hand over his right shoulder and turned to see Ron and the others.

"Harry!"

"What happened?"

"We were all set free but you remained the only one engulfed in the mist."

"We were really visited by; Nightmare Moon?" Asked Hermione.

"No, it was someone else. And I believe it was a test." He said before turning to the distance to see the mist that was still retreating. "And I think we had passed it."

"But what could have been the test about?" Asked Twilight wondering what Luna had in mind.

"I don't know."

"Whatever it was I don't think I will forget this. I shall go to bed." Said Draco moving away from the group but still thinking about what happened.

"None of us I believe will forget the experience of this Halloween and probably our first Nightmare Night." Said Ron turning to the statue noticing the missing bags. "It seems this legend was true I believe we shall not have to worry about whoever came tonight anytime soon." Ron said before he alongside Hermione started to walk away, Harry however stayed in deep thought for what had happened just moments ago before turning to the forest having the impression that something unusual will surely happen again in the near future.

"Harry, come on." Said Twilight taking him by the hand, and leaving the scene, not knowing that up above someone was watching and waiting to meet the boy again.