"WHAT THE HAY DO YOU FOALS THINK YOU'RE DOING IN HERE!?" Goldkey yelled at the three mares his eyes filled with rage.

"W, w, we, uh, um." Trixie fumbled unable to get the words out as she found herself doing her best to hide behind Starlight.

"I let them in" Deadpan replied a serious look on her face.

"Well, obviously." Sneered the still enraged Goldkey. "But why!?"

"Why? Why!?" Starlight screeched. Now it was her turn to be mad. "You let ponies stay in a hotel haunted by some demonic version of your dead wife, where they aren't even able to use magic to protect themselves and and you wonder why anypony would want to investigate why they were becoming the target of such an attack!" She finished her eyes red with rage, a small red cloud fumming from her horn.

"Oh, you've done it now!" Trixie sneered back at Goldkey. "Starlight's magic gets super strong when she's angry. Not even those silly runes of yours can stop this flankwhooping!" Trixie Cheered.

"ENOUGH! EVERYPONY CALM DOWN!" They heard a voice scream in a demanding tone. Everpony stopped dead in there tracks and starred in bewilderment at Deadpan who was now giving them a very stern look. "Listen Boss. These two have every right to be mad at you, you've enabled this ghost's bad behavour long enough." She said pointing her hoof in Gold Key's direction.

"Ha!" Cheered Trixie

"Shush" scolded Deadpan. "You two are still guilty of breaking into the bosse's office and reading his journal without his permission. You could've just waited until he got back and confronted him in a calm & collective manner then."

"But you're the one that let us in here!" Starlight huffed.

"Irrelivant" Deadpan replied.

Goldkey sighed. "Deadpan's right. I've been to complicent for far too long. I know what Moonflower, or whatever is left of her is doing wrong. But I, I just thought if I waited long enough I could have her back for real." He sobbed

Starlight moved towards the stallion. "I understand. I know what it's like to feel like you've lost everything. When I was just a filly my best friend Starburst left. I didn't deal with it well. I even ended up starting a crazy cult at the edge of Equestria dedicated to equality & the removal of cutie marks." She told him, with a nervous chuckle in her voice.

"Yes, and Trixie was once so emberrased by the now princess Twilight Sparkle that she used dark magic to beat her up and enslave an entire village." She added non-schelontly.

Goldkey chuckled "He, I guess we all make mistakes."

"True, but it doesn't change the fact we really need to do something about all this" Deadpan chimmed in.

"I would'nt know how" Goldkey sighed. "The thing that took over Moonflower wasn't just some lesser or crossroads demon, but a full on poncraftian abomination!"

"Well, we know what it wants" Deadpan replied. Staring at Trixie.

"Wha, me!? N, no way? Why!" Trixie stuttered once again moving to hide behind Starlight

"Yea, no way I would just use my marefriend as bait to lure out some demon!" Starlight sternly replied. "There has to be another way!"

"Like what?" Deadpan asked

"Well, in, in our dreams Trixie and I both saw Moonflower as a filly, which means part of her, the real her is out there some where, we just have to help it regain control!" She exclaimed.

"You, you think so!?" Goldkey asked

"Worth A Shot." Deadpan replied.

"Good, then let's...."

DING!

DONG!

"Eya! What was that!? " Trixie yellped.

"Oh No, No, No No, it's still daytime, why, why is she waking-up!?" Goldkey asked with a shocked look on his face. Running towards the clock.

"Calm down sweetie, calm down. There, there's no need for all this fuss!" He pleaded, slowly stroking the clock as if it were a frightened child.

"WANT!" A voice from the clock boomed. Everypony in the room jumped back.

"M, moonflower?" Goldkey stuttered.

"WANT!" The voice boomed again

"What, what do you want?" Goldkey asked

"WANT HER!"
"WANT MOON!"

The ponies all looked at each other in confusion. Until it hit one smack on the horn.

"Oh no." Starlight shuddered "Deadpan was right, it does want you Trixie!"

"But why!? Trixie has never done anything to it!" she sobbed.

"No, but your last name is Lulamoon" Goldkey chimmed in. "It may be a long shot but I would guess somewhere down the line the two of you share a distant relative from the moon clan, which means you would potentially have a compatible magical aura for a full...." Goldkey stopped and gulped.

"A full what?"

"Possesion" Goldkey blurted out. His eyes wide, cold sweat running down his brow.

All of a sudden the room went dark and everypony screamed. And when the light returned Starlight was paniced to see Trixie was gone.

"Wha, No! Trixie! Trixie!?" Starlight paniced looking all around the room for the mare.

"I'm sorry, she's gone" Goldkey replied.

"No, she, it, it had to have taken her somewhere!" Starlight sobbed.

"Yes, it most likely took her to the ballroom" He sighed

"OK great, which way is it!?" Starlight asked panic.

"Its not anywhere. I had that part of the hotel demolished some time ago. The only place it still exists. Is there. In her world." Goldkey gulped. Staring at the Grandmare clock.

"Then that's where we're going." Starlight replied. "All of us" she said giving an ice cold glare over to Deadpan.

"He, sure, why not. I mean it's not like i've got anything better to do" The pegasus chuckled.

"OK then. You two hold on to me. I'll use my magic to unlock the runes and transport us into the clock. But this will drain alot out of me. I'm afraid I won't be much help once we get there." Goldkey stated.

"Don't worry, i'm strong enough for all of us, ecspecially when i'm pissed off" Starlight replied placing her hoof around Goldkey.

"And hey, who knows, maybe I can find a way to poison the ghost." Deadpan chuckled wrapping her wing around her boss.

"OK ladies, bucklr up, here we go!" Goldkey replied, his horn glowing bright with magical aura that soon consumed the entire room. And before long, the three ponies were gone.

"Starlight, wake up" The unicorn heard a voice say. Starlight opened her eyes and saw Deadpan staring at her. Starlight slowly got up on her hooves. "Ugg, what happened?" She asked.

"I dunno, but, I think we made." Deadpan replied. "Look"

Starlight looked around and realized Deadpan was right. The room around them looked like the plaza of the Le Trot except everything was black and red and the air smelled of decay.

"Where's Gold Key?" Starlight asked worridly.

"Oh, he's fine, just out of it." Deadpan replied pointing to her back where Starlight could see Goldkey sprawled out on top the pegasus completly unconcious.

"Wow, I guess the spell did take alot out of him." Starlight replied.

" Yep. Looks like its just the two of us inside a creepy shadow world controlled by a supernatural force that is deadset on making your marefriend its meat puppet." Deadpan chuckled.

"Not funny" Starlight huffed.

"Sorry, I joke when i'm nervous" Deadpan replied.

"Well you can save the jokes after we save Moonflower and Trixie." Starlight huffed. "Now, which way do we go?" The unicorn asked confused trying to peer ahead of the darkness as much as she could. All of a sudden however a door opened in the middle of the room and a bright light shown in.

"Well, that was easy" Deadpan chuckled

"Yeah, abit too easy" Starlight replied. "Be careful. You never know what this thing might have planned."

The two ponies walked towards the room and as they entered they found that sure enough it was the ballroom and to Starlight's surprise it was just as beautiful as the one in her dream. It took her a moment to realize that music was playing and that Deadpan was staring with a confused and shocked look straight ahead. Starlight looked ahead and was shocked to see Trixie wearing a black gown, dancing all alone in the middle of the room.

"T-Trixie!?" Starlight squeed in joy running towards her marefriend.

"Trixie? No my dear. I'm afraid not" A voice replied. Starlight stopped in her tracks halfway to her love. That wasn't Trixie's voice, it was deeper more voluptious and even a slight bit butch.

"Ha, who are you, wha, what have you done to Trixie!?" Starlight screamed.

"That's a good question young one." The voice replied. "Well, first I was me, and then I was nothing, then I woke-up and was me again, but then I was Moonflower, but that wasn't enough so I took this one as well, so I guess now i'm her or she's me, or will be me once the syncronization is complete." she replied.

"And what happens to the real Trixie?" Starlight asked.

"Well she'll be gone of course, along with the annoying remnants of the last one." The demon in pony's skin replied.

"So like, what's even the point of all this?" Deadpan chimmed in.

"Simple" The fake Trixie replied "I've been here gathering power for many moons, and with this new body i'll be able to go out into the real world. I'll find my brothers, wake em up if I need to so we can destroy Equestria and then the rest of the multiverse until everything is darkness once again. Than we'll destroy that and everything will be monsters again." The voice cooed.

"Like we'll let you get away with that!" Starlight huffed angrily.

"It's not like you have much of a choice dear. I mean you could strike me dead with your magic right here & now I guess. But then what would happen to poor Trixie?" The possesed pony taunted.

"That's it! You give me back my mare right now bitch!" Starlight screamed as she charged towards the monster.

Deadpan watched from the sidelines as the unicorn charged towards the demon and decided that now was her chance. She threw Goldkey off her back and gave the stallion a firm slap on the face.

"OW!" The gentlecolt replied darting up in a panic "Deadpan what the!?" Goldkey began to ask.

"No time!" She replied. "Starlight is fighting her possessed marefriend or whatever so while she has its distracted we need to find that lingering remnant of your wife or whatever!" She quickly explained.

"OK. I understand. Though I don't think we'll have to go far." Gold Key replied.

"And why is that?" Deadpan asked.

Goldkey just pointed up at the ceiling. Deadpan looked-up and saw a small cage with an unconcious filly inside.

"Well, isn't that convenient." Deadpan sighed rolling her eyes. "On it boss" she chuckled as she spreadout her wings, preparing to take flight.

Meanwhile back in the middle of the room Starlight was fighting the Trixposter with all her might. Shooting beam after beam of pure magical energy, alternating between red & blue beams only to have each one blocked by oozing black forms created by the tricky ghoul.

"Give....her...back" Starlight huffed, her breath getting heavier with each make bolt, blast & bomb released.

"Oh, you poor dear. It must be so hard. All that raw magical power and not a thing you can do to save the one you love." The Abomination laughed.

"I.....won't....won't give....up." Starlight huffed focusing her energy preparing to let out another powerful blast.

"Like that will really do any good." The pseudoTrix scoffed.

"Well it did good enough if you ask me." A voice from above chimmed in.

The two confused combatents looked around until they saw a streak swoop down next to Goldkey. It was Deadpan and she was holding the cage the last true remnant of Moonflower was sleeping in.

"NO!" The demon cried in a booming voice louder then that of even the royal sisters. "GIVE THAT BACK!"

"He, I don't think so. Here yea go boss" Deadpan said as she opened up the cage waking the filly up.

The young filly opened up its eyes and slowly made its way out of the cage.

"Is, is it really you?" The little filly asked. Looking up at Goldkey.

"Yea, its me Moonflower. It's me." Goldkey sobbed. "I'm sorry, i'm so sorry. This, this is all my fault." He cried.

"It's ok. I know you were just trying to help me feel better." The little filly replied with a smile. "And now, its time for me to help you." The filly said as she trotted towards the mare formerly known as Trixie.

"What are you doing!?" Get back!" The monster screamed.

"Sorry Mr. Monster. But I'm gonna have to ask you to get out of that nice pony. I don't think she wants you in there." The filly chuckled. "And neither do I" she said in a more seroius tone as she jumped towards the beast. Dissapearing into Trixie.

"Wha, what is even going on!?" Starlight asked a confused look on her face.

Trixie began convulsing, her body seemingly attacking itself as she spat & sputtered & twitched before a giant black glob shot from her horn & the terrifying ghost of the adult Moonflower reformed in the air above.

"Trixie!" Starlight screamed running to the unconcious mare. Starlight grabbed her Marefriends limp body and began to sob. All of a sudden though she heard a small sound. A moan, followed by a series of coughs as Trixie opened up her eyes and stared into Starlight's.

"St, Star, what happened?" Trixie asked in a weak raspy voice.

"It doesn't matter, all that matters is you're OK." Starlight sobbed holding her marefriend tight.

"It's not over yet." They heard Deadpan & Goldkey reply in unison.

Starlight looked up and saw the ghost of Moonflower, just hovering there.

All of a sudden it spoke. " I told you. She didn't want you in there and neither do I!" The appariton boomed.

All of a sudden the entire room shook. The ghost eminated a heavy energy and itself began to shake. Everypony in the room just stood in awe at disbelief in what they saw. Somehow after all these many years Moonflower was finally doing it. She was finally purging herself of her true disease, finally seperating her spirit from the so called God of Fear's.

After the shaking stopped & the energy subsided the ponies saw Moonflower, returned as a full grown mare standing triumphantly in front of them and the abomination back in its origional form reeling in pain on the other side.

"See, no one needs you here" Moonflower sneered.

"NO! NO!" The beast screehed.

"YOU ARE NOTHING WITHOUT ME!"
"THIS PLACE IS NOTHING WITHOUT ME!"
"YOU, YOU NEED ME, BOTH OF YOU!" The mad god screamed.

"No. We. Don't!" Goldkey replied, standing next to Moonflower.

"So true my dear" Moonflower agreed. "All we need, all we've ever needed was our love to keep us strong." She said placing her head on his right below his horn.

As if out of nowhere a pink light began to glow atop Goldkey's horn. It grew & grew until a great energt burst forth taking the shape of an Alicorn staring at the beast preparing to strike.

"NO! NO!" The eldrich horror screamed as the Alicorn prepared to strike. And with another burst of magic it lurched forward and struck the beast smack dab in the center of its being, obliterating it completly.

All of a sudden the world began to shake around the ponies as they were engulfed by a blinding light.

The ponies looked around and breathed a sigh of relief, they were back in Goldkey's study. Trixie & Starlight hugged one another tightly. Deadpan breathed a sigh of relief, and Goldkey & Moonflower kissed for the first time in many, many moons. And most importantly, the old clock was gone.

"Well guess that's the end of tha..." Deadpan began to say before the entire hotel began to shake.

"Everypony run!" Trixie screamed heading for the door.

The group reached the outside and stared back at the hotel, watched as black ooze gushed from the cracks and bricks and wood moaned and cracked as the building shook and with one final desperate moan, completly collapsed.

"OK, now it's over, right?" Trixie asked nervously.

"Yes, its gone now. I can no longer feel its presence" Moonflower replied. The rest of the ponies shocked to see the mare slowly fading away becoming less physical and more well... see through.

"No, what, whats happening. I, I just got you back! I can't lose you now!" Goldkey cried.

"Oh you silly foal" Moonflower chuckled "As long as i'm in your heart i'll never truly be gone. I'll be watching over you always." She replied putting her hoof on her loves face, stroking it one last time.

"Yea, no, buck that" Starlight replied. "Trixie, wrap your hoof around mine, right now!" Starlight demanded. "OK, but why?" Trixie asked.

"Because we're doing a hardcore restoration spell on Moonflower, right now."

"OK, what do we do?" Trixie asked.

"I don't know, but we're gonna do what I do best, get emotional. I know you & Twilight like to joke about it, but my magic is powered by my emotions, so that's what I need. Think of every good happy thought you can. Your first magic trick, when we first met, our first kiss whatever. We're gonna power of love the heck out of this!" Starlight announced triumphantly.

"OK. I'm game." Trixie replied.

The two ponies focused all their energy and emotions into one large magical blast straight at Moonflower.

Moonflower winced at the intense light from the magical burst but when she looked at herself she found she was no longer fading. She had indees been fully restored.

"Wow, it's a miracle." Deadpan chuckled. As she watched her boss and his wife embrace for yet another passionate kiss.

"So, what now?" Do we tell Twilight & the other princesses about all this?" Trixie asked Starlight.

"No, there's no need for that." Goldkey interupted. "I know of a pony in Trottingham that can help make sure that monster's breathren are kept in check. If they are awake like he was that is."

"Oh, a vacation, sounds lovely dear." Moonflower chimed in

"Yea, I always wanted to see those old castles and mansions" Deadpan exclaimed.

"Well then. We best get going" Goldkey chuckled as he turned towards the two mares.

Starlight & Trixie just set and watched as the three trotted off down the street into the sunset.

"You know, that's really neat and all" Trixie interrupted. "But where the hay are we gonna stay for the rest of the week! And what about a refund!? What about all the stuff I bought at the con!? What about my cape & hat!?"

Starlight just stared at her marefriend and rolled her eyes. Only Trixie would complain about stuff like that after everything they'd been through.

THE NEXT DAY

Twilight Sparkle walked down the main hall of the castle of friendship as she heard the front door knock repeatedly.

"I'm coming, i'm coming" she shouted. Grumbling under her breath how she wishes Spike was here to do this instead of out digging for jewels with Rarity & Ember.
"Little sneak of a dragon's building himself a harem while I have to stay home & do paperwork" she joked under her breath.

Twilight finally got to the door and was surprised at what she saw. Starlight & Trixie both looking somewhat run down.

"Well, you two are back from Manehatten early. How was the trip?" She asked politely.

The two mares just stared at each other and giggled. "You don't want to know."

THE END.

Author's Note

OK. Story is finally complete!

And yes don't worry gold key mailed the two a refund. And yes he Moonflower & Deadpan will return at somepoint down the line. And yes this mysterious pony from trottingham might be important

And yes Starlight & Trixie will be treating themself to a spa day to recover from this experience.

And no Spike isn't really trying to start a harem, Twy was joking...I think...who knows, lil dragon's got charm.

Anywho thanks for reading and hope the ending was satisfactory.