The Seventh Element

"Now listen up you three," Twilight says as she fixes up her three children's Nightmare Night costumes. "I do not want you to muck about, and act immature at this party." She turns to her eldest child Dusk "And you missy, being the oldest I expect you to be the most responsible and make sure your brother and sister do not get out of hand."

"Okay mum you can trust me, bye," Dusk replies with an eye roll, as she started to walk out the door. "Come on guys, we're gonna miss the party."

"YAY, SEE YA MUM," Dawn and Thunderbot bounded out the front door, following Dusk.

As they walked out the front door, they met a whole bunch of their friends, waiting for them. They where chatting about what has been going on over the weekend, and how their parents had to bore them with lectures and rules.

"You think your parents are bad? My mother is Princess Twilight. She expects everypony in this family to be perfect," Dawn replies with a laugh. They kept on going on about their weekends and sharing a few laughs until they got there.

"Wait guys," Dusk stops as she looked over at her siblings "I forgot to ask you what you're coming as for Nightmare Night, 'cause I have no idea."

"Well I'm coming as a model," Dawn replies with a smile and stikes a pose.

"And I'm coming as a scottsman," Thuderbot answers with a Scottish accent.

"Well okay then, just in case you don't know, I've come as a royal gaurd," Dusk adds.

The three walked into the very well decorated Nightmare Night house, and instantly went off to look for their friends. They had all already disscused where they were to meet up, and at what time. Dusk walked around the buildng with her friends, chatting and laughing, every so often scaring each other. Dusk was so caught up in their coversation that she wasn't looking where she was going and ran straight into a poor stallion's muzzle.

"Oh, I'm so sorry mister. I didn't mean to run into you," Dusk apologises as she notices that the stallion had a nosebleed.

"It's alright, no harm done," the stallion smiles. Dusk notices that he has a Dark green coat, black hair and he looked just a little older than her, maybe about two years older.

"But it is my fault, here i'll get you some tissues."

"Really it's alri-," he was cut off as Dusk wipes his nose with the tissue. "Uh, thanks."

"No problem," Dusk blushes, just before an announcement came on the loud speaker.

"Alright everypony, if you wish to listen to some scary stories, gather around the fireplace. The most scary story gets a major prize of candy, cakes and to hang out with Princess Luna all thanks to Pinkie Pie, the host of this party. All are welcome and I hope you are all enjoying your time here, thank you."

Dusk and her friends all walk over to the fireplace and sit down on the soft grass. They listen to all the stories from the others. Then it was Dusk's turn. She gave an evil grin because she knew just the perfect story to tell to scare the snot out of the ponies.

"This story is called 'Ponies Can Lick Too'," Dusk grins evilly. She stands up and walks into the middle of the group.

"There once was a young teenage mare, that lived in a farm far away from anypony else.

One day her parents had to go out for dinner with some friends and that she had to stay home alone with her dog.

As her parents left, she decided to stay up a few more hours before she went to bed.

Her dog crawled underneath her bed and they soon both drifted off to slumber.

She woke up twenty minutes later to the sound of dripping,

The young mare slowly got up and turned the tap off completely in the kitchen, then went back to bed.

Her hoof dangled from her body, allowing her dog to lick it, as she fell back asleep.

Then she woke up again to the sound of dripping and went to the bathroom and turned the tap off completely there as well,

Slowly and ever so tiredly, she went back to bed and allowed her dog to lick her hoof again.

She woke the third time to a drizzle, and went outside to turn the tap off there.

Almost to her breaking point, she went back to bed and allowed her dog to lick her hoof once more before dozing off.

Woken up for the fourth time because of the same sound, she had

Soon realising that she didn't have any more taps in her house, she searched for where the sound was coming from

Following the noise, she soon discovered it was coming from her cupboard.

She opened it and found her pet dog, dangling from the ceiling, from a rope, all cut open, and before she knew it, found out that the sound of dripping, was the blood from her beloved pet.

Her eyes widened and her pupils shrank, she screamed a horrid scream, hoping that somepony could hear her, but she was in the middle of no where.

After her shock, she found a note taped to wall

It was written with her dog's blood, and it said:

'Ponies can lick too'.

In a moments notice, her mouth gaged and she was helpless.

She looked up only to see glowing red eyes of madness, looking down on her in bloodlust.

He gave an evil laugh and that was the last thing that pony ever saw.

Dusk finishes off her story and notices that all the ponies around the campfire where cowering in fear, exept for that one stallion she saw earlier. After Dusk's story, many ponies left the campfire hoping that they didn't have nightmares. After a few more ponies said their stories before it was time to announce the winner.

"And the winner, of this year's Nightmare Night campfire story, scare off is... DUSK, with her story of 'Ponies Can Lick Too'. You may meet Princess Luna over there," Pinkie Pie points in a random direction, "The candy and cakes will be given to you and you may bring somepony along."

Dusk looks around for somepony to bring. She remembered the stallion she saw earlier was the only pony that wasn't scared. "I choose the stallion with the dark green coat and the black hair."

The stallion looks up at her and blushes. "Really?"

Dusk nods, and they both followed the princess.

"So why did you choose me? And just if you where wondering my name is Moondust," Moondust asks, the navy blue pegasus..

"Well hi there Moondust, I chose you because you where the only one that wasn't scared of my story," Dusk replies.

"Me? I was as freaked out by your story as everypony else was. I just didn't show it."

"Oh, well I guess now I won't have to freak you out anymore. We can just get to know each other better," Dusk says with a blush and a smile.

"Yeah, that would be really nice," Moondust blushes.