Halloween: The True Story

It was finally the day of the party. Surprise and Tickle dressed in their costumes. Tickle was dressed up like a chicken, and her lavenderish-pink skin/coat made Surprise think of her ancestor, Pinkie Pie. Her auntie had shown her a picture of that, too, on her first Nightmare Night.

In Hoofkaido, her parents didn't allow her to go out on Nightmare Night, and when she finally got to go, their town had accepted the human holiday Halloween. She loved getting candy, and the holiday was s great time to play pranks.

The two mares flew above the party in the lush castle garden, scanning the area.

"All right my friend, have you rigged up the sprinkler system correctly?" Surprise whispered, so close to her friend that her purple dress crunched up a bit.

"Yes m'am!" Tickle saluted Surprise. "And I've for the cloud too!" She pointed her hoof to the dark thunder cloud next to her.

"Good. Then all is in readiness. Now we must wait for the right moment to strike." Surprise said. "You remember the signal?"

"Yep!" Tickle flapped one wing very hard, which was their signal.

"You can go party now." Surprise told her friend.

As she watched Tickle fly down to mingle as the party began, Surprise felt a pang of sadness. Buttons and Slugger slow danced together, Buttons stroking Slugger's neck. Fizzy was making a futile attempt to dance wildly to the slow music, while Salty watched her warmly.

I wish Tex was here... I could dance with him, and Glory could forget all about it, Surprise thought. But Tex wasn't here, she couldn't just make her magically appear.

Down below, Glory greeted guests at the party. Ponies complimented her costume and her elegant decorations.

"Wow, Glory! You've really out done yourself this time!" Megan smiled. She was dressed as a fairy in a long pink gown and shimmery wings.

"Thank you, dear!" Glory smiled. She was in a self made costume of a medieval princess, which had all sorts of adornments. It had took her forever to make, but it was worth it.

Above, Surprise watched as Glory came into view. She flapped one wing vigorously. Tickle flapped back to show that she had seen.

As Tickle flipped the switch, Surprise jumped on the cloud with all her might.

KER-ZAPP!!!! The noise of the lightning was deafening. The chocolate rain splattered everywhere. Surprise looked down, expecting to see fillies laughing, and Glory smiling despite her anger.

Instead, she was met with scorn. Ponies cried and screamed. Glory stared sadly at her tattered and burnt dress. Fillies ran to their mommies.

"SURP-RIIIIIISE!!!!!" Glory shouted angrily.

"Well, serves you right!" Surprise said back, flying down.

"For what? What did I ever do to you?" Glory cried.

"You... were gonna sabotage my costume." Surprise said, her anger fading just a little.

"Who told you that?" Glory asked, her agony fading from her voice.

"A mysterious pony in a dark alley." Surprise answered. Glory face hoofed.

"Well, it might be ok with me, but what about everypony else?" Glory asked.

"Oh, they'll forget!" Surprise said optimistically.

Little did she know that they might not.