The three mask

by Thetwistedpony

Rating: mature
Tags: Dark
Length: 1260

The cutie mark crusaders have gotten hold of three strange mask that seem to represent three different emotions. Happiness, anger and sadness. perfect costumes for nightmare night which is only a few nights away but the mask, something is not right.

Nightmare night is only a few nights away and the cutie mark crusaders do not have costumes to wear this year but granny smith happen to be going through old family things. She found three mask, each seeming to represent a different emotion. Happiness, anger and sadness. They fit the cutie mark crusaders perfectly But after putting on the mask, applebloom, sweetiebell and scootaloo all experience something strange that would change everything soon.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-12-23 09:40:03 UTC

A good scare

Button mash and sweetiebell made plans for a sleep over, of course there was a lot of stumps to go through with button mashes mom and sweetiebells sister, rarity. Eventually they got everything settled. Now it was the night for their sleep over.  After button mashes mom was asleep, sweetiebell told button mash that they should sneak out and go to the everfree forest. It took only a few moments for button mash to decide and now here they were, breaking rules and heading towards the everfree.

Button mash had a uneasy feeling, it was all over his face yet sweetie bell did not seem to notice, she just walked beside him, eyes closed and had a smile that would make one feel happy on the inside. "Sweetie bell, you sure about this?" said button mash, "I mean, this is not the smartest thing to be doing." Sweetie bell stopped walking and looked at button mash with an annoyed expression. "Button, are you really that scared? It's only the everfree." Sweetie bell said that like it was nothing. Button just stared "Sweetie bell......it's the everfree forest, the place where ponies go in and hardly ever come out, this is something that older ponies won't even do unless they had a good reason." Sweetie smiled. "i know but it will be fun, won't it?" Button looked down at the ground thinking. Sweetie rolled her eyes. "Look, are you going to go with me into the everfree or not?".  button looked back up at sweetie bell. "Oh fine, you win sweetie bell, let's go." The young ponies continued walking towards the everfree, not saying a single word. Finally, they were at the everfree forest, it stood tall, dark and frightning as it has always been. Sweetie bell looked at button. "You ready?" Button mash could not say anything, the forest made him scared, he just nodded his head. The ponies went into the forest, the place where monsters exist, where nightmares live and where the darkness eats all sources of light.

Button and sweetie bell began a game of hide and go seek, button was seeking, sweetie was hiding. The forest was silent, the only noises button could hear was the sounds of his very own hoofsteps and his loud intense breathing. Button heard a noise behind him, he quickly turned and saw nothing there. He slowly exhaled his breath and slowly breathed in, calming himself down. "Okay sweetie bell, i give up." said button mash. There was no answer. "Hello?" said button mash. Again, there was no answer. Button's uneasy feeling got stronger than ever. His breathing began to go rapid and so did his heart rate. "Sweetie, where are you? This is not funny!" Silence. "I will leave you here if you don't come out!" Yelled button mash. Still no sign of sweetie bell. Button heard a snap of a twig somewhere near him, he slowly scan the area without blinking. Another snapping noise, this time it was closer. Button continued to scan the area hoping to spot whatever was making the noises that were quickly getting closer and he did. There standing in the distance, was a small dark figure. Slowly the figure walked closer and stopped in the middle of a single ray of light that came from the moon. Button could only make out the face of the dark figure only it was not a face he saw but instead a mask made out of wood and leather. The wooden mask had a huge smile that seem to make the whole face and it curved upward to the corners of the mask and it had rows of carved out pointed teeth. The eyes where large and black but in the middle of blackness were glowing red dots that fixed on him as if he were prey. The color of the whole mask was a solid brown. The mask was stuck to face by three separate leather straps, one on the top and the other two were located on the left and right sides of the mask. The figure took another step closer and button could now make out the rest of the body, it was small like a filly and it wore a pure black cloak with a hood that covered every part of the head except for the face. Button did not move. He barley breathed. He heard other noises coming from the corners of the area, two other small figures came out of nowhere dressed in the same type of cloaks. Both of their mask had  different looks but had the same design and one had a single white horn that stuck out of the mask. The mask that the two others had were completely opposite of each other, one seemed like a normal large smile with huge blocky teeth while the other, sad and miserable. Both had glowing red eyes like the first one. Button tried his best to pronounce words to speak to the small dark figures. "Hello?" Button said with a lot of fear in his voice. "Hey there buttons" The one with the horn said. Button recognized the voice, it was so sweet and so happy. "Sweetie bell?" asked button mash. "That's my name silly." Said sweetie bell. She approached button and was now so close that button could hear her very soft breathing through the mask. "You like the mask and the cloaks? They are so.....creepy looking, perfect for nightmare night, which is next week!" Button was calmed down a bit knowing that it was just sweetie bell and her friends but where did those mask come from? Button tried to smile but felt extremely awkward, sweetie bell notice. "What's wrong? Is it the mask?" Button nodded. "Oh....sorry about that." Sweetie bell took off her mask and revealed her face, it was sweetie bell alright, her beautiful green eyes sparkled in the moonlight and her white face glistening. "Sorry that it took so long but we all had trouble finding each other." Sweetie bell smiled at buttons. "So, you can now see why i tried so hard to get you out here." Button glared. "You couldn't just tell me about it?"  Sweetie shacked her head. "No, i wanted it to be a surprise." Button took another breath in, then out. "Yeah it was a heck of a surprise sweetie bell, you scared me really bad back there." Sweetie looked down sad. "Sorry." Button picked up her chin with the end of his front left hoof. "I will say though, those mask are really creepy, the cool kind of creepy" Button winked at sweetie and gave a smile. "Really? You like them?" Button continued to smile. "Well yeah i like them, i just got scared by the way you guys approached me." Sweetie bells eyes widen and so did her smile. "Good job girls!" She said to her two other friends, Applebloom and Scootaloo. They both stood up on their hind legs and gave the best bow they could, after the bow they then took off their mask. Applebloom took off the mask with the rows of large sharp teeth, scootaloo took off the mask with the sad expression. Button waited until they stopped having their little celebration and then asked them a question. "So where did you guys get those mask anyways?" Applebloom went in front of the group. "I will be the one to tell you that little story." The other little ponies sat down on their rumps and listen to the story that applebloom was about to tell.

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