Bonus Chapter 2: Nightmare Night

[Ozzy’s POV, 7:15 p.m.]

I don’t usually go to parties revolving around the holidays. Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s, I’ve been to all of them at least once, but it didn’t take very long before I got bored and left. That was before I had great friends like Fleur and Shining though.

Fancy Pants had invited the girls and me to his place for a Nightmare Night bash, which is basically Equestria’s rendition of Halloween. I wasn’t really into the idea, but Fleur convinced me to go (and by convince me, I mean she used the puppy dog eyes on me until I caved in). She and Shining wanted me to find a good costume to wear for the occasion too, so I decided to go with the first thing that came to the top of my head.

It was tough finding the kind of attire I needed, but after much effort, I came up with an emerald green robe, a fake beard, a scepter and a large, matching pointed hat. After I finished dressing up, I stepped out of my room, and went downstairs before I raised both of my arms in the air.

“I am Oz! The Great and Powerful Wizard!”

Yeah, I know this wasn’t what the actual Oz from the movie wore, but going into a costume party in formal attire was kind of stupid unless you’re going as a vampire, and that’s just too mainstream to do anymore. Plus the way I went at it was kind of a joke really. I’m pretty sure my parents named me Ozzy just so they could make this possible, but I digress. I just hope the costume I picked doesn’t somehow copyright anything.

“Somebody seems to be excited for tonight,” a voice said.

I turned around, and my eyes widened as I watched Fleur in a sexy one-piece kitty costume walking down the stairs. The piece was black with straps that stretched down to her hips where there was tutu-like skirt around them. She also had black stockings, matching slippers, cat ears, a collar, gloves that looked like paws, and a long sock that covered her tail (which I admit was quite genius). Being the model Fleur is, I figured she would go into something that would have her stand out, but I didn’t think she’d go this far.

“Meow~, what do you think, Ozzy?” she asked as she gave a little spin with a smile. “Do I look like a pretty kitty?”

“Pretty” is as much of an understatement as saying a boulder is hard.

“Y-you look great, Fleur,” I stammered. Suddenly, the door knocked a few times. “Just a second!” I exclaimed as I went to the door.

That must be Shining. Knowing her, she’s probably going in something that’s less eye-catching to the public. I’d actually be glad for that if Fleur being a sexy kitty wasn’t nerve-wracking enough.

I couldn’t be more wrong once I opened the door.

Though it wasn’t revealing, Shining wore a police costume that I didn’t think any mare would wear while on the job. Hers was a one-piece, short-sleeved, black zip up costume that showed a good amount of her cleavage while it only stretched down to her inner thighs. She also had knee-high leather boots, a police badge, a cap while her mane was tied into a bun, fingerless gloves, and a belt with a pair of handcuffs latched onto it. The whole ensemble gave her an intimidating, dominating, yet arousing vibe around her as she looked like she’d give a poor sucker more than just jail time if they messed with her.

“Nice costume, Ozzy,” she said. “You better not go too crazy at the party tonight, or I’m taking ya downtown.” She winked.

“Very nice!” Fleur exclaimed as she walked over. “Looks like we’re all ready. Are we heading out?”

“Silver’s parked out front. He’s ready to go whenever we are,” Shining added in.

“I guess we should get going then,” I said.

The girls nodded in agreement before we went in the carriage and made our way to Fancy’s place for the party.

[7:30 p.m.]

When we arrived at the mansion, it looked to be just as crowded as Fancy’s birthday party. The biggest difference was the attire all of the ponies were wearing, and there were even more humans than the last time too.

“Boy, Fancy goes all out during the holidays, huh?” I asked as we made our way to the front.

“For occasions like these? It’s these times of the year when ponies would loosen up and not worry about any businesses and charities,” Fleur said.

“Especially for the nobles,” Shining added in. “Some may just relax at home and give out candy to the kids while others would unwind and go a little crazy with the drinking and partying.”

If ponies get crazier during these kinds of parties, I just hope things don’t go any worse than that very first mare who came on to me. Hard to believe that was just a few months ago.

When we arrived up front, there was a different bouncer than the last time I came for Fancy’s party, dressed up like a mummy. “Good evening. Fleur, Shining, and Ozzy, correct?” he asked.

“That would be us,” Fleur answered. “I haven’t seen you around here before. When were you hired?”

“Just a few weeks ago actually. Bubbles trained me before he retired not too long afterwards.”

“Do you know how Bubbles is doing?” I asked.

“Oh he’s doing great! They were invited to the party as well, but I’m sure with how pregnant Bubbles’ wife is, they’d rather not be involved with anything that includes alcohol, especially for something like this.”

“I can understand that,” Shining said. “She’s grown such a belly, yet still looks fantastic to boot.”

“Ain’t that the truth? Well, you three enjoy yourselves. If you need anything, the name’s Crunchy, and I’ll be in and out of the mansion throughout the night.”

“Will do. Thanks, Crunchy!” Fleur said before we went inside, almost getting blasted by the loud music playing. “He seems nice.”

“Bubbles certainly knows how to pick them, huh?” I asked.

“Indeed,” Shining agreed. “Now let’s get wasted and party!”

Fleur and I cheered before we started things off with some drinks and went to the dance floor. Things were going off to a good start, the music to fit the party’s theme was great, and the ponies and humans were almost going nuts on the dance floor. With the first round of drinks in our system to loosen the three of us up, we went to the dance floor and just went with the flow. Fleur was a natural for just dancing to the music she saw fit and having fun with it. Shining was good as well, but still looked a little nervous or embarrassed dancing from how stagnant her moves were. Then there was me who was just a terrible dancer when it’s not either waltz or slow dancing, and I just bounced to the beat while moving my arm and scepter around like some kind of very off body spasm (which would kind of fit for what I was going as). The girls had to help me when it looked like I was hopeless. The dances that followed included twirls, rocking and bumping our hips, and some other moves I didn’t know even existed.

At one point in a song though, I noticed a few stallions were eyeing up Fleur who was circling her butt while spinning her socked cat-tail around. Out of nowhere, one of them tried to reach over get a hold of her tail, probably trying to immobilize her thanks to the sensitivity to make their snag that much easier. When I saw it all, I stopped my dancing altogether, stepped in between Fleur and the assaulter, and raised my scepter.

“YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!” I exclaimed before I brought the scepter down and smacked the stallion’s hand away.

Yeah, I know that quote didn’t match the character I was trying to portray with my costume, but hey, I’ve partially always wanted to say that at one point in my time, and now I can cross that off of my bucket list.

“Who the fuck do you think you are, old man?!” the stallion yelled over the music. The girls turned around with widened eyes as they saw what was going on.

“I should be asking you that!” I replied. “What’s the big idea trying to grab my friend’s tail?!”

“None of your business you twat!” the other stallion yelled before he shoved me.

Almost immediately, Shining stepped in and knocked the stallions’ heads in each other, making them fall to the floor. “I may not be an actual cop, but I can sure beat the crap out of you like one!” she exclaimed.

“And this kitty’s got claws to scratch on some bastards like you!” Fleur added in before her horn glowed, lifting the two assailants in the air with a pale pink aura. The crowd on the dance floor cleared the way as Fleur floated them toward the back door while they struggled. “Get on out of here you savages!” She tossed the two out the door until the hit the grass, just in time as security got a hold of them and took them out of the party, making everyone in the room cheer before they went back to dancing.

Fleur turned to me with a smile. “Thanks for catching that, Ozzy,” she said over the music. “You literally saved my tail.”

“No problem,” I answered before I raised my scepter. “The Great and Powerful Oz shall not stand such behavior in this party, especially towards his dear friends.”

“I think I could go for a few more drinks after that fiasco,” Shining commented. “Anypony up for it?”

“Sure. Let’s head on out,” I said before we left the dance floor.

[8:45 p.m.]

We had a few more drinks while we took a break from dancing, slowly getting more buzzed from the alcohol getting into our systems. We were at the gardens to get some fresh air while we enjoyed the music heard from outside..

“This party’s getting crazy,” I said. “I mean I heard parties like this back on Earth can get rowdy, but I’m not sure if they could get to this kind of level.”

“Those two stallions earlier were quite the bunch,” Fleur commented. “Did Fancy really invite those two?”

“I’m sure they might have snuck in somehow,” Shining answered. “I mean with this being a costume party and so many ponies and humans attending, they could blend right in.”

“True,” Fleur said. “Still, for them to go so far just to get into a party they weren’t invited to, I mean there’s a reason why some were chosen to come while others weren’t, you know? I’m just glad Ozzy here got on Fancy’s good side enough to get personally invited to these parties himself too.”

“I think I was luckier I got into Fancy’s birthday party the first time I came here with you two,” I said.

“And boy, what a night that was,” Shining said before she downed the rest of her drink and hiccuped. “Excuse me. H-hey, Ozzy, remember that conversation we had on the way home that night you told me about?”

“Yeah?”

“I think I might have remembered what I was going to say before I passed out on the way home. It was about how things might have been if I met you long before the first day you came here, right? I think I was about to say-”

“I’M STREAKING! I’M STREAKING!” a random human male screamed as he ran past the three of us with nothing but a Nightmare Moon mask, artificial wings, and shoes. All of us in the area couldn’t help but gaze in his direction before a few security ponies were chasing after him.

The girls and I stood there with widened eyes, blinking and wiping our eyes. “You girls saw that too, right?” I asked.

“Yep.”

“Uh huh.”

“Wanna get more drinks so we can try and erase that image out of our heads?”

“Drinks sound nice.”

“I’m gonna need something strong after seeing that.”

[10:15 p.m.]

“H-hey, has anypony seen my beard?” I asked before I took a sip of what may have been my fifth or sixth drink since the incident from the garden.

“W-wait, your beard’s gone?!” Shining asked as she felt my face. She had about as much, maybe more alcohol than I did. “Oh my gosh! Ozzy’s beard is gone! W-where did it go?!” She quickly looked around the area and gave a loud whistle. “Beardy?! Where are you?! Heeere beardy beardy beardy!”

I chuckled at Shining’s irrational panic for part of my costume. “Sh-Shining, it’s cool. It was a d-dumb beard anyway.”

“But it’s magic!” Shining exclaimed as she turned to me. “That sacred beard has the power we need to help ward off sexy mares!”

Fleur sitting next to me spat her eighth drink before she chortled. “Wh-what are you talking about, Shiny? Explain—explain to me how that beard kept sexy mares away?”

“Didn’t you—didn’t you notice how many mares were taking stallions home for the evening?” Shining asked. “Heck, I heard a couple or two going at it like rabbits behind some bushes in the garden. I even—I even saw some humans with pony partners going home with goofy smiles on their faces. Remember how that one b-bitch tried to take Ozzy away during Fancy’s birthday party?”

“Uh huh?” Fleur asked.

“I mean, c-come on! Look at that pretty face!” Shining gestured to me. “With him being well-known as our secretary, there should be mares flooding over to ask him out!”

That might have been exaggerated, but now that she mentioned it, not one mare had come close to hitting on me throughout the evening.

“Okay, okay, I think I can understand where you’re getting at, Shining,” I said. “However! There’s one factor you haven’t counted that would und-undermine your theory.”

“Oh yeah? What’s that?” Shining asked with a raised eyebrow.

“If that beard did ward off sexy mares, then how did I get two of Equestria’s s-sexiest mares to stick by me long before I lost that thing?” I asked.

As if the alcohol wasn’t making the girls red enough, the color went deeper as their eyes widened and glanced to the side. “You… you really think we’re sexy?” Shining asked while glancing back.

“Duh!” I exclaimed. “I mean, l-look at the two of you. We’ve got an alluring kitty and a busty cop standing right here, giving this old, beardless wizard the time of his life. How could tonight get any better than this?”

“Well~, we could go up to my room and… Uh oh,” Fleur said before she covered her mouth and ran to the nearest bathroom. Shining and I followed along as we knew what was going to happen next.

I held Fleur’s mane out of her face while Shining rubbed her back as she emptied her rejected contents in the toilet bowl. I tried not to look at it, but something was coming up just from the sound and smell of Fleur’s barfing. I swallowed the contents before they came up, leaving a burning, gross taste in my throat. Once Fleur finished expelling stomach’s insides, she flushed the toilet before using the toilet seat as a headrest to catch some air.

“Sweet Celestia that felt so good, despite how gross it sounds,” Fleur said.

“Feeling better?” Shining asked.

“Much. I’m not in a good condition to get back home tonight though.”

“What about Silver?” Shining asked.

“I don’t feel well enough to ride back.”

“I don’t think any of us are,” I agreed. “Would Fancy be alright with us staying here?”

“‘Would Fancy be alright,’ he says. This is as much my home as his. I don’t think he’ll mind, but we’ll have to let one of his staff know about it. I’m not up to looking for him all night. Oh, and Ozzy? You’re staying with Shiny and me in my room, no questions asked.”

“Alright alright,” I said. “Let’s just get our mouths clean before we head off, alright? I’ll ask them to prepare the ingredients for my cure tomorrow. We’re gonna wake up with quite a hangover.”

“Ugh, seriously?” Shining asked. “I hate that stuff.”

“Hey, I didn’t see either of you drink as much water as I did tonight, which was like, three glasses, or something,” I said. “I’m sure that’s not going to be enough to get us through the night. If you want quick relief, that’s the best cure you’re going to get.”

“Yeah yeah, I hear ya, doc,” Shining said while rolling her eyes.

Once Fleur was well enough to stand up, we used mouthwash to rinse the bad taste from our breath before we went to tell one of the nearest staff members to send a message to Fancy and what we need to drink first thing in the morning. He cringed when I told him what was inside, but nodded in response before Fleur led us to her room upstairs.

The trip probably could have gone faster if we weren’t so drunk, especially while we tried to lean on each other for balance until we finally got to her room. Fleur opened the door to her room, and I must say, it looked quite different compared to the one in her home.

The walls were a lighter shade of pink that was almost white, the same as one of Fleur’s mane and tail colors. There was a walk-in closet that wasn’t as big as the one in her own home, but was still surprising to see all the same. Her bed was also quite a sight to behold: It was a queen-sized bed with pink covers and a matching canopy above it, making the whole thing look like something royalty could sleep in.

I kicked off the shoes to the side before I tossed my hat on top of them and disrobed myself. The costume itself was thick enough to keep the heat insulated, which left me sighing in relief as I was only left with a tank top, boxers, and socks. The exposed areas had a nice breeze pass by as I set my glasses on the nightstand and fell onto Fleur’s bed before I got under the covers.

I was still partially awake with my eyes closed when I felt the girls joining me from both sides. We got into a spooning position, recognizing the slightly muscular waist I wrapped my arms around as Shining’s while Fleur wrapped me from behind. I noticed how I mostly felt fur from Shining’s body while I was being poked by two points from behind, but I didn’t pay it too much mind as my exhausted, drunken state was quickly taking its toll on me.

“Happy Nightmare Night, you two,” I yawned. “I had a great time tonight.”

“Same here,” Shining said.

“Ditto,” Fleur added in. “Let’s just hope our hangovers aren’t too bad tomorrow. Good night everypony.”

“Night,” Shining and I bid at the same time before the sleep quickly took us over.

Author's Note

Happy Halloween/Nightmare Night everyone. Until next time,

This is Dudeler, signing off.

P.S. This doesn't follow the canon story in TMS.