Ding-dong!

"Trick-or-Treat!" A group of little kids cheered in front of a house. But the group wasn't just of kids. In the back was a wildly smiling Pinkie Pie who most likely yelled Trick-or-Treat the loudest out of everyone. Pinkie's pillowcase was already half full as the pink girl was determined to hit as many houses as she can as fast as she can.

"Trick…or…treat…" An out of breath voice said as trailing right behind Pinkie was Wallflower Blush who also had a half full sack since she hit just as many houses as Pinkie. And it showed that Wallflower needed to work on her stamina a little more as she was having trouble keeping up with the cotton-candy haired girls' energy and speed.

Just then door opened showing Mrs. Cake dressed in a red hood and holding a picnic basket full of candy. "Oh, what scary costumes!" Mrs Cake said with a sweet smile as she reached into the basket and pulled out some candy. "Her dearies, happy Halloween."

"Happy Halloween!" The kids said in response as Mrs Cake tossed 3 pieces of candy into each of their bags.

Once the kids were gone Pinkie walked up to Mrs. Cake and held out her sake as the blue skinned woman gave Pinkie a smile. "Ah, Pinkie, I was wondering when you'd show up." Mrs. Cake said as she tossed some candy into Pinkie's bag.

"Sorry Mrs. Cake. I was just busy trying to hit every house in town!" Pinkie Pie said as she looked at the recently acquired candy and licked her lips. "Come to mama!"

"Oh, don't worry dearie, I'm well aware of your Halloween traditions." Mrs. Cake reassured the pink skinned girl as she was more then aware of what Pinkie did every Halloween. Just then Mrs. Cake looked behind Pinkie and saw Wallflower regaining her breath. "Oh, hello there Wallflower. Its good to see you tonight."

"Good to see…you to…Mrs. Cake." Wallflower said in between breath's before she stood up and held her bag out. "I like your costume."

Mrs. Cake giggled as she put some candy into Wallflowers pillowcase. "Thank you dearie, your costume is lovely to." Mrs. Cake complimented making Wallflower's cheeks turn pink and for the green skinned girl to smile. "I take it your having a hard time keeping up with Pinkie?"

"Yes." Wallflower sighed as she slumped a little. "I don't know how one person can have that much energy."

"Its because I eat so much sweets!" Pinkie said as she started bouncing up and down. "I eat plenty of sugar and sweets so that I'm always energized and ready to throw a party or hang out with my friends at any opportunity day or night and I never gain weight because of how much I move around!"

"Or its just Pinkie Pie doing Pinkie Pie things." Wallflower joked with a smirked as she crossed her arms. But just then Pinkie bounced right in front of her and smooshed Wallflowers cheeks together and started squishing them a little making Wallflower giggle.

"And what about you young lady." Pinkie said with a playful tone.

"Hehehehe! Pinkie shtop!" Wallflower managed to say through her cheeks being smushed together.

"But your face is so squishy~" Pinkie said as she kept doing what she was doing to Wallflower making the green skinned girl laugh even more.

Mrs. Cake giggled a bit at the scene before speaking up again. "Well you two have fun tonight. I gotta be on the look out for more Trick-or-Treators. Happy Halloween girls."

"Happy Halloween Mrs. Cake!" Pinkie and Wallflower said in unison.

Pinkie then grabbed Wallflowers arm and started running with the girl in tow. "Now come on! We got plenty more houses to hit!"

"Ok! Let me go Pinkie!" Wallflower said as both Pinkie's grip and dragging was starting to hurt her arm.

"Oopsie Doopsie! Sorry!" Pinkie said as she came to a sudden stop making Wallflower stagger forward before getting her bearings back.

"Geez Pinkie." Wallflower said as she smiled at the pink skinned girl. "Its only been an hour and our bags are already halfway full. How do you expect us to hit every house when our bags are gonna fill up before that?"

"Already thought of that!" Pinkie Pie said confidently as she reached into her hair and pulled out three more pillowcases. "I have my back-up pillowcase, my back up-back-up pillowcase, and of course my back-up-back-up-back-up pillowcase." Wallflower then watched as Pinkie pulled even more pillowcases out of her hair and handed them to her with all of them have some sort of flora pattern. "I even brought some for you!"

Wallflower took the pillowcases and started laughing which in turn caused Pinkie to start laughing. "Guess I shouldn't be surprised huh?" Wallflower said while laughing heartily. "You're prepared for everything aren't you?"

"Anything that involves candy and sweets!" Pinkie said as she quickly reached inside her hair again and pulled out a sticker of a candy corn. "Boop!" Pinkie then stuck the sticker onto Wallflowers cheek. "Now your even sweeter!"

Wallflower's cheeks heated up a bit as a small smile came to her face as the green skinned girl rubbed the sticker on her cheek. "Hehe…thanks Pinkie." Wallflower said in a quiet but sweet tone.

Pinkie stuck tongue out cutely in response before an excited expression came to her face. "Now come on, let's go get some candy!" Pinkie Pie cheered with a giant toothy smile.

"Sounds great!" Wallflower said in response as the two best friends skipped off together to hit even more houses.

"Thanks for taking us Trick-or-Treating Rarity and Applejack!" Sweetie Belle said as she, Applebloom, and Scootaloo were currently being watched over by Rarity and Applejack as they all went Trick-or-Treating together. The Crusaders were going with a group costume as well with all of them dressed similarly with a and elf-like cap with a yellow strip on it, a tunic, brown boots and having a plastic sword and shield. The difference being Scootaloo's costume was red, Sweetie Belle's was blue, and Appleblooms was green.

"You're quite welcome darlings." Rarity said as she and Applejack walked hand in hand behind the Crusaders.

"Ah still don't get why Granny Smith said we needed a chaperone tonight." Applebloom grumbled as she crossed her arms.

"Yeah! We're old enough to take care of ourselves for one night." Scootaloo said confidently as she rose her sword up in the air.

"Now, now, the night hours are always a dangerous time." Applejack told them with her protective nature kicking in from watching her and her little sisters' friends. "Especially tonight. Afterall, Halloween is when the dead can roam free and spirits haunt the world." Applejack said in a spooky tone that made her girlfriend giggle and the Crusaders roll their eyes.

"Pfft, please sis, all that is just spooky myths." Applebloom said as she rose her head confidently, seeing no reason to be scared over things that aren't really.

"Yeah, the only ghost we'll see tonight are people to lazy to make an actual costume and just threw a sheet over their head." Scootaloo said as she remembered last year when there was a whole group of kids who did that…and for some reason one of them kept getting rocks from people.

"Yeah! We're not afraid of anything!" Sweetie Belle said as she and her fellow Crusaders grouped together and rose their swords up high in perfect sync.

"Not scared of anything you say?" Rarity said with a raised brow as she put a finger to her chin. "Then I suppose you would be able to…no, nevermind. That's just silly."

"What is?" Sweetie Belle asked as she and her fellow Crusaders started hard at Rarity and Applejack.

"Ah don't know Rarity." Applejack said with a smirk as she looked at the Crusaders. "I don't think they could handle that."

"Can't handle what?" Applebloom said as she took a step closer to her older sister.

"I know I myself was terrified when I was there age." Rarity responded to Applejack and didn't seem to acknowledge what the Crusaders were saying. "I just don't think they can handle it."

"We can handle anything!" Scootaloo said as she stomped her foot on the ground. "Just tell us already!"

"Are you sure?" Applejack and Rarity asked in unison while giving the Crusaders a challenging look and smirk.

"Yes!" The Crusaders yelled in unison.

Applejack and rarity looked to each other and nodded before Applejack told her sister and friends. "Follow us." The farm girl ordered as the three Crusaders followed AJ and Rarity.

After a 15-minute walk, Rarity, Applejack, and the Crusaders found themselves in front of a metal fence that was wide open. The gate was pitch black in color and the tops had pointy ends that looked like they could pierce through stone.

A gust of winds blew through the gates causing a shiver to go through the CMC as they looked where the open gate yelled and froze. They saw a forest inside covered with leafless trees with most being old and jagged looking which made them look even creepier than they already were. The forest seemed pitch black despite the light of the moon shining down on it.

"Wh-Whats t-this place?" Applebloom asked with a fearful stutter.

"This…" Applejack began saying as she walked in front of the gate and turned on the flashlight on her phone and pointed it at her face from below. "The forest of the Moon!"

"F-F-F-F-Forest of the M-M-M-Moon." Sweetie Belle repeated as she started shivering mostly in fright.

Rarity hummed and nodded her head as she walked next to Applejack and looked at all the Crusader's. "Legend says, that on Halloween night, the moon shines down completely over the forest and filling it with dark energy that takes the form of monsters, ghouls, and ghost that haunt the forest and looking for innocent people to scare and curse!"

"And that's not even the worst part." Applejack said hauntingly. "The leader of all these monsters and the creator of the dark energy stomps around the forest looking for Trick-or-Treaters to snatch up. And when she does, she takes them back to the moon with her and turns them into on of her monster followers. They call her…The Nightmare Knight!"

As if on cue suddenly lighting and thunder was seen in heard causing Applebloom and Sweetie Belle quickly let out a quick scream and held onto each other. However, Scootaloo remained confidently and crossed her arms and looked Applejack and Rarity with confidence. "Nightmare Knight? Please, you're just trying to scare us."

"Oh no darling, she's real." Rarity said in a feint serious tone that the CMC didn't seem to catch. "I saw her with my own eyes once."

"R-R-R-R-Really?" Sweetie Belle asked as she and Applebloom held onto each other tightly.

"Eeyup." Applejack confirmed, quoting her and Appleblooms big brother. "Ya see, its sort of a rite of passage for Wondercolts to walk through the forest on Halloween. Sort of a…test of bravery."

"Ha! That sounds perfect for us." Scootaloo said as she took a step closer to the gate leading into the forest. "Right girl?"

Applebloom and Sweetie Belle audibly gulped as they shook in fear. "T-T-T-T-Totally…" The two stuttered in unison.

Rarity and Applejack smirked to each other before shrugging and looking back to the Crusaders. "Well, if y'all say so." Applejack said casually.

"If you three want to go through so badly we won't stop you." Rarity told them as Scootaloo nodded her head confidently. "Its just a straight path away to the other side, we'll cut around and meet you girls there…if you can avoid the Nightmare Knight."

"Pfft, challenge accepted. Come on girls! Let's go!" Scootaloo said as she started marching into the forest.

Applebloom and Sweetie Bell gulped again before they hesitantly followed Scootaloo. "C-Coming…" The two girls fearfully said as they went into the forest.

Once the two girls were inside, Rarity and Applejack started wildly laughing and holding onto each other. "Hahahaha! Gotta admit Rarity, I wasn't expecting you to take a part of this."

"Hehehe, well even a lady such as I can't help but get a little mischievous on Halloween." Rarity said as she managed to stop laughing. "Besides, its time they get to experience what we did when we were their age."

"Darn right." Applejack agreed as she and Rarity started to head to the side of the forest by going around. "They're in for quite the fright!"

As the CMC were walking through the forest, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle were currently shaking in complete fear as they were constantly looking around for monster while Scootaloo kept her eyes forward. The orange skinned girl looked back and saw how her friends were reacting and rolled her eyes. "Come on girls, stop being such scared cats."

"B-B-But what a-about Nightmare Knight?" Sweetie Belle asked as she looked to the left.

"Come on, that's obviously just something they made up to scare us." Scootaloo stated in a tone that made it seem it should be obvious. "Look, you can see the exit from her. Its just a straight path."

"A-Ah g-guess so." Applebloom said as they all started walking forward again.

However, Applebloom quickly stopped after only a few seconds as she felt breathing down her neck. "Sw-Sweetie B-Belle…could y-y-you p-please st-stop br-breathing do-down mah n-neck." The young farm girl stuttered in fear.

"I'm…not…" Sweetie Belle said…from right next to Applebloom. Not behind her.

"Uuugh, what are you two-" Scootaloo groaned as she turned around to face the two. But when she did, she completely froze when she saw what was behind them.

"Wh-What's wrong?" Applebloom asked in concern for her fellow Crusader. The only response was Scootaloo shakily pointing behind them. Applebloom and Sweetie Bell slowly turned around and paled when they saw a large werewolf before them and-

"GROOOOOOOWL!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" The Crusaders shrieked as they started running away as fast as possible towards the exit to the forest.

"QUICK! IT'S GAINING ON US!" Sweetie Belle yelled as she looked back and saw the werewolf running after them.

"ALMOST THERE!" Applebloom said as they quickly started the exit. But then-

"AHAHAHAHAHA!" Suddenly, blocking their exit was a witch with a slime-green skin and a pointy nose with a wart on it holding a broom. The Crusader's froze and backed up from the witch as she cackled evilly. "Well, well, well, what do we have here. Three little Trick-or-Treaters. Just what I need for my next brew."

"AAAAAAH!" The girls screamed as they tried to run away. But soon they found the werewolf blocking the way they just came and growling at them.

"This way!" Scootaloo yelled as she grabbed Applebloom and Sweetie Bell and ran into the forest. The three of them kept running for a few minutes before retreating into a bush and tried their best to stand still.

"Just making stuff up huh?" Applebloom quoted harshly to Scootaloo.

"It's your fault were in this mess!" Sweetie Belle quietly yelled to the orange skinned girl.

"How did Rarity and Applejack make it through here?!" Scootaloo question, not responding to her fellow Crusaders. Just then Scootaloo peaked an eye through the bush and looked around for the witch and the werewolf. Once she saw no sign of them, she turned to her friends and said. "I think their gone."

"Think again!" Suddenly the Crusaders were pulled out of the bush and screamed when they saw the witch had a hold on Scootaloo and the werewolf had grabbed both Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.

"Please don't eat us!" Sweetie Belle begged from the werewolfs grasp.

"We're to young to die!" Applebloom yelled.

"Wh-What're you gonna do with us." Scootaloo asked in pure fear.

"That's for her to decide!" The Witch said as she pointed forward. The Crusaders all look and froze when they heard footsteps coming closer and the sound of clanking armor.

The girl's eyes completely widened as frightening figure came into the moonlight. It was a female knight wearing armor that was mostly midnight black all over. But her boots, gloves and chest area of her armor were a night blue color had her chest having a crescent moon mark on it. Finally her helmet was also night blue and had eye holes but due to the Crusader's position they couldn't see inside.

"N-N-NIGHTMARE KN-KNIGHT!" The Crusaders all screamed in unison as they looked up at the frightening knight.

"Children…tonight…I decided your fate." Nightmare Knight said in a wicked and intimidating voice. The Crusaders were to scared to respond and simply shut their eyes tightly as Nightmare Knight spoke once more. "I decide…"

…

"HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!"

…

"…Huh?" The Crusaders all said in unison as their fear turned into confusion as they opened their eyes and looked at the Knight. They then watched as Nightmare Knight reached for her helmet and took it off revealing herself to be-

"VICE-PRINCIPLE LUNA!" The Crusaders yelled as it turned out to be their school's vice-principle behind the helmet.

"Not just her." The witch said as she set Scootaloo down gently on her feet and reached for her face which turned out to be a mask and was shown to really be-

"Miss Cheerilee!" Applebloom yelled as their pink skinned teacher smiled and waved at the Crusaders.

"And also…" The werewolf said as he set down Applebloom and Sweetie Belle down and reached for his head which was also a mask and shown himself to be-

"Mr. Cranky Doodle!" Sweetie and Scootaloo said as the werewolf turned out to be the CHS math teacher.

"Those were some nice screams girls." Cheerilee said with a giggle.

"Really getting into the spirit of things." Cranky followed up with a smile, which was a rare sight on him.

"But, but, but, but…what's goin on?!" The Crusaders all yelled in unison.

"Well, you see, every Halloween me and some of the school facility get together and dress up and meet here in the forest to scare anyone that comes through." Luna explained as she gestured to the forest around them. "Its become quiet the tradition with us and we even get some of the older students to help out by bringing younger kids here."

"Wait, Applejack and Rarity were in on this!?" Applebloom yelled in surprised and a little bit of anger at her sister.

"They sure were!" Cheerliee confirmed with a laugh. "We asked them to bring you over here so we can scare the pants off of ya."

"And judging by your screams I say we were successful." Cranky Doodle said with a chuckle at the memory of the Crusader's screams.

Sweetie Belle let out a frustrated sigh as she said. "If it were any other day, I would say how cruel you all are."

"Buts its Halloween!" Luna cheered with delight. "And the whole point of this holiday is to scare the pants of everyone you meet!"

"Ha! I knew it the whole time." Scootaloo said with renewed confidence. Her fellow Crusaders gave her deadpanned looked when-

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

Scootaloo froze as she turned to Cranky Doodle who had his phone out and was playing a recording of Scootaloo's scream. "Ya sure about that kid?" Cranky said with a grin.

Scootaloo blushed in embarrassment as everyone around her laugh. "Well girls, as fun as this was, we gotta get ready for the next group of kids." Cheerilee said as she put her witch mask back on.

"Yeah, after that ah just wanna get back to Trick-or-Treating." Applebloom said as she finally started to calm down.

"Crank wolf, away!" Cranky Doodle said as he put the werewolf had back on and howled while running off into his normal position.

Everyone laughed as Vice-Principle Luna put her helmet back on and said. "Happy Halloween girls!"

"Happy Halloween!" The Crusaders all said as they proceeded to walk towards the exit of the forest.

"Fluttershy, come on! If we keep moving like this, we'll never fill up even half of our bags!" Rainbow Dash said as she moved forward with Fluttershy clinging to her waist and slowing her down. "Pinkie's probably on her back-up-back-up bag now!"

"But that last house was so scary!" Fluttershy squeaked out as she clung tightly to the blue skinned girl.

"Fluttershy, the only decoration they had was a giant inflatable Jack-o-Lantern." Rainbow Dash deadpanned.

"But it had a scary face on it." Fluttershy responded with making Rainbow sigh.

"Ok, I'm putting a stop to this. Come on." Rainbow Dash said as she took Fluttershy's hand, after prying the shy girl off her, and started walking towards a specific location.

"W-Where are w-we going?" Fluttershy squeaked as she saw that Rainbow Dash was dragging her over to the Cantorlot City Park.

"Showing you something." Rainbow Dash said simply as she started leading Fluttershy up the highest hill in the park. Once at the peak, Rainbow Dash made Fluttershy stand in the middle and held her arm out and gestured towards all around them. "Tell me, what do you see here?"

Fluttershy looked around and had an entire view of the park. All the Halloween decorations det up around the park, all the people in costume walking around either Trick-or-Treating, or scaring each other, but it always ended up with everyone laughing and having fun. "I don't get it." Fluttershy said with confusion. "What am I looking for."

"That!" Rainbow Dash said with a wide smile as she gestured to the entire park and everyone in it. "Just look at everyone spending time together, Trick-or-Treating, dressing up, and spending time with each other. Everyone just being with each other and having fun!"

"It…is rather nice." Fluttershy admitted as she smiled as child was dressed as a scarecrow was walking along the path in the park with his father and mother next to him.

"Yeah, it is! Because that's what holidays like Halloween do!" Rainbow Dash said as she got in front of Fluttershy. "It brings people together and having fun! Whether it's getting candy, putting up decorations, or just simply scarring each other. And if you just focus on the bad stuff like you are…you miss out on all the good stuff. Like spending time with your friends."

"…" Fluttershy didn't say anything and simply looked around the park on more time.

"Look, I was really happy when you decided to come with us this year." Rainbow Dash said in a gentle tone that made Fluttershy's cheeks turn pink.

"R-Really?" Fluttershy asked quietly in surprise.

"Of course!" Rainbow Dash said with a wide smile. "But…the way your going about things is making it hard for both of us to have fun. So maybe just try to forgot the bad and focus on the good things…please."

Rainbow Dash then held out her hand to Fluttershy. Fluttershy looked out the hand of her rainbow haired friend before giving a small but sweet smile and taking it. "O-Ok…I'll try." Fluttershy said while looking Rainbow in the eyes. "For you."

"Awesome! Thanks Shy!" Rainbow cheered as she pulled Fluttershy into a hug making the yellow skinned girls face go from pink to bright red. Rainbow then took Fluttershy's hand again and started pulling the shy girl away. "Come on! We got some Trick-or-Treating to catch up on!"

"O-Ok…" Fluttershy squeaked out.

Author's Note

Alright everyone, stay tuned for the next part to see what Lincoln, Wendy, and Twilight and Sunset are up to on Halloween as well as the big Halloween party at CHS. I hope you have a spooky day and look forward to the last part!