A Boy's Dazzling Girls

What was supposed to be a simple haunted house exploration turned into a ghost scare. The ghost of a child named Cozy Glow who murdered her parents and everyone at the Night Shine Hotel, trapped the explorers inside the hotel intending to keep them there forever.

Cozy Glow was flying right towards the group who didn't know what to do, until Moondancer, Lyra, and Bonbon screamed, "I LOVE YOU, SPIKE!"

"EH?!" everyone else looked oddly at the three, who in turn looked oddly at each other.

Their shock couldn't last forever as Cozy was getting closer. Adagio, Aria, and Sonata knew it didn't matter at this point, so they jumped in front to shield everyone and let out an ear splitting screech that started distorting Cozy who screamed while covering her ears.

"Make it stop!" she cried, as she phased in and out before vanishing completely and everything that was levitating up fell to the ground with a thud or shatter.

"What the hell happened?!" Rainbow gasped.

"She's gone." Pinkie answered in shock.

"Not gone. Just scared off." Aria corrected.

"But she'll be back, and angrier." Adagio warned them.

"What did you three do just now?" Twilight asked the trio.

"Yeah that was some pitch you three made." Gallus added.

The trio knew they could no longer hide their secret confessed, "That was the Sirens Screech." Adagio explained.

"Sirens Screech?" Rarity wondered.

"Yeah. It's a technique we know that can distort the senses of anyone living or dead." Sonata explained.

"What in tarnation are you three?" Applejack asked in confusion.

"We're mermaids." they answered.

"Mermaids?" the group asked.

Spike spoke up and answered, "Yes. Mermaids. And not just mermaids. They're the one's who saved my life years ago. You remember the incident on the cruise ship, Twilight?"

"Yeah, you fell overboard and... Wait, you weren't making it up?" she asked in disbelief.

"Nope. I mean I thought I did back then when no one believed me, but I was right all this time."

"And we're also betrothed to Spike." Sonata put in.

"Sonata, not the best time!" Spike glared.

"Betrothed?!" the girls gasped.

"Um, can we dial it back, people?" Smolder asked.

"Yeah. We still have to find a way to get out of here." Sandbar reminded them.

"Before Carrie's Child comes back." Gallus added.

"Everyone start looking for a way out while we get the door opened." Spike ordered, as they split up to try and find an exit.

As Spike, Yona, Twilight, and Applejack tried prying the door open, Twilight spoke to her brother, "If we get out of this alive, we're going to have a long talk about this betrothed thing."

"It's not like I had a choice." Spike replied like a victim.

"Why do you say that?" she asked.

"I was marked as territory so to speak." he explained, making her more confused than before.

As everyone was checking to see if the windows would open, they suddenly felt another draft, "Guys, I don't think we're alone again." Bonbon warned them.

Everyone huddled together, and saw phasing in and out before them was a man and a woman, "Everyone, listen." the man began.

"Who're you?" Fluttershy asked nervously.

"Don't be afraid. We're not going to hurt you." the woman explained.

"That's what they all say." Lyra said suspiciously.

Spike got a closer look at them and spoke up, "Wait a minute. You're Cozy Glow's parents, aren't you?"

"We are." the woman confirmed.

"We know the truth. She framed you." Lyra told the woman.

"I know. She fooled everyone." the mom answered.

"When she died her spirit was twisted and warped by greed and anger over the decades." the father explained.

"While we remained trapped here against our will unable to ascend." the mom added.

"She said you guys never cared if she made friends and kept on traveling to keep her from doing so." Moondancer spoke up.

"It's the opposite," the mom replied, "Whenever she tried to make friends, all the kids parents came to us saying she was threatening them to be her friend while acting sadistic about it."

"Sounds like you two gave birth to the Anti-Christ." Adagio said.

"We knew our daughter was difficult to handle and understand, but we never imagined she would go so far to murder her own parents and so many more." the father said in disbelief.

"Well, she did. And now she's got us trapped." Ocellus said in worry.

"Not quite. You can put an end to her and free us and all the other trapped souls here." the father explained.

"How?" Fluttershy asked, as Lyra spoke in realization.

"We have to exorcise her."

"Yes. It's the only way," the mother answered. Suddenly the adult ghosts looked around feeling something, "She's coming back!"

"Quickly run!" the father ordered the group who made a run for it down a hall, as the ghost parents phased out.

As the group ran down the hall and made turns, they saw the lights flickering on and off, signaling the ghost was on their tail, "Quick in here!" Rainbow called, as they ducked into the ballroom.

They closed the doors and started catching their breath, "We can't keep dodging this poltergeist forever." Sandbar said.

"I know. We have to do what Cozy's parents suggested." Bonbon replied.

"We need to exorcise her." Lyra explained.

"And how?" Twilight asked.

"We have to trap her spirit in a seal to hold her, and use an exorcism incantation." Adagio explained.

"Anyone know a good one?" Pinkie asked the group.

"We do." Sonata answered on behalf of her sisters.

"And I even brought the right supplies for this." Adagio said, as she pulled out some chalk.

"Chalk?" Rarity asked.

"Not just any chalk." Aria replied.

"That chalk is infused with magic capable of binding anything unearthly within it." Sonata explained.

"And I always carry this around just in case." Adagio pulled a big book out of her backpack.

"What book is that?" Twilight wondered.

"A book of exorcisms and spells." she explained.

"Let me see." Twilight looked at the pages but saw there were no words, just strange figures.

"It's written in a language known only to merfolk." Adagio explained.

"We got get the trap ready." Lyra instructed everyone.

"But we also gotta lure her here." Bonbon added.

"I'll do it." Spike volunteered.

"Spike?" Twilight's friends asked.

"No, it's too dangerous." Twilight tried to talk him out of it.

"Don't try stopping me, Twilight," Spike warned her, "No ghost is gonna mess with my friends. And if it's an eternal friend she's after well I'll give her one."

Twilight seeing there was no talking him out of it, sighed, "Be careful."

"I will." he promised, as the siblings embraced.

"The minute you see Cozy Glow you run back here as fast as you can." Adagio ordered.

"Understood." Spike answered, as he walked out of the ballroom.

"Come on, let's get started." Lyra said, as they started working on drawing a seal.

Spike had walked along the dark quiet hall keeping his eye peeled. He felt no chills around him, and knew she wasn't close. He sighed, "Alright, I'm running out of patience..." he put his hands to the sides of his mouth and called out, "COZY GLOW!"

Suddenly the lights flickered around him and appearing before him was Cozy Glow, "You called?" she asked while bearing a grin.

"Yes."

Cozy looked around, "Where are the others?"

"They got lost. But listen I came to tell you that I surrender."

"You what?"

"Yeah. I give. I'll be your eternal friend here and never leave." Spike declared.

Cozy was curious, before smirking, "I knew you'd eventually accept your fate. I didn't wanna have to kill you like I did everyone else who resisted."

Spike nodded and continued, "Hey, let's play a game of tag. You're it!" he turned tail and started running.

Cozy watching him run smirked, "Here I come, like it or not." she followed Spike.

Back in the ballroom, the group was on standby waiting for their prey to take the bait and fall into their trap. As they waited both Fluttershy and Ocellus were looking nervous.

"I got butterflies in my stomach." Ocellus said.

"Me too." Fluttershy agreed.

"I'm worried about Spike." Rarity told the girls.

"He'll be fine. I know he will." Adagio promised.

"I do too." Twilight agreed.

"Shh, you hear that?" Moondancer asked.

They heard the sound of running, "Spike's coming." Sandbar gasped.

"Get ready, everyone." Sonata warned them.

The doors opened, as Spike ran in, "All right this is it." he told them as he went to their sides.

They watched Cozy Glow flying into the room, "I found you!" she snickered.

"And we got you!" Aria countered while sounding smug.

"Huh?" Cozy asked, as she tried to get closer to the group only to be repelled back by some unseen force, "Ow! What is this?" she tried moving but kept getting repelled, "I'm trapped!"

"Gotcha!" Lyra told her, as they pulled a carpet to reveal they drew a pentagram seal on the floor.

Cozy Glow was shocked before looking at Spike who was smirking at her, "You tricked me!"

"For an deceased murdering sociopath child you're not really that bright." Spike chuckled.

"Adagio, now would be a good time to read that exorcism." Rainbow told her.

Adagio nodded and started reading the exorcism in the native tongue. As she chanted it, Cozy Glow was phasing in and out, as she screamed.

"It's working!" Gallus gasped.

"Keep it up!" Applejack ordered the older mermaid.

Adagio kept chanting, but Cozy Glow was roaring, "I will not go!" her aura was getting stronger by her anger and was trying to get out of the barrier.

"She's trying to get out!" Pinkie cried.

"Now what?" Yona asked in worry.

Cozy smirked seeing she was about to get out of the seal, despite Adagio's fast chanting. Suddenly everyone heard the moans of two familiar ghosts, "COZY GLOW!" appearing were the ghosts of her parents.

"It's them." Spike gasped.

"Mommy? Daddy?" Cozy Glow asked in shock.

"Sweetie, it's time to end this." her mom began.

"You've made enough people suffer. Now you must face the consequences of your actions." her father ordered.

"No! I won't stop! I won't!" Cozy threw a tantrum. Her parents knew what they had to do as they flew into the seal and embraced Cozy glow from both sides to keep her in place, "Let me go-Let me go-Let me go-Let me go-Let me go-Let me go-" she continued to struggle to break free of her parents embrace.

Finally Adagio finished the chant, as Cozy Glow and her parents glowed before vanishing. Suddenly they could see the spirits of all the deceased people of the hotel ascending into the afterlife, while the ghosts themselves thanked the students before parting onto the next life.

When the place fell silent, the group looked at each other awkwardly until Spike spoke, "Well... I say that worked out well, didn't it?" the other said nothing and felt it was time for them to leave.

Once they left the hotel they were back on the road heading home, "I can't believe we witnessed actual ghosts." Ocellus said in disbelief.

"And an exorcism." Sandbar added.

"This has to be the best and craziest night ever." Smolder said amazed.

"Even more crazy that three of our classmates and club mates are actual mermaids." Lyra motioned to the Dazzlings, "So that scale we found came from one of you?"

"Correct." Sonata confirmed.

Twilight spoke up, "Yes, that's all fascinating, but now that we're out of harms way. Spike, we're going to have a long talk about this. You and your mermaid friends." she said sternly, while Spike gulped, and the Dazzlings were concerned.